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Gloucestershire Police Archives

Capturing and sharing Gloucestershire's police history and heritage

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  • Beginnings
  • Strikes to V.I.P.S
  • Out of the station
  • Changing times
  • Truncheons to tasers
  • Police ancestors
Capturing and sharing Gloucestershire's police history and heritage
  • Finding your police ancestors
    Finding your police ancestors
  • Strikes to Royal Visits
    Strikes to Royal Visits
  • Moving with the times
    Moving with the times
  • Out of the Station
    Out of the Station
  • From truncheons to tasers
    From truncheons to tasers

Welcome!

Welcome to the official website of the Gloucestershire Police Archives. Gloucestershire Constabulary is the second oldest county force and has a rich and varied history to share about policing in the heart of the community. You can use this website to browse a selection of photographs and memories taken from our fascinating archive. Whether you are a serving or former member of the Constabulary, have an interest in local police history, or want to find out about a police ancestor, this site has something to offer. Please contribute your feedback, stories and memories.

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Featured content
  • Keeping the Peace

    Keeping the Peace

    A lecture given by Dr Timothy Brain OBE QPM at the Gloucester History Festival 2019
  • Police Stations and Houses

    Police Stations and Houses

    We are trying to identify as many police stations and houses as we can from the historic county of Gloucestershire . Can you help?
  • New To The Archives

    New To The Archives

    Records of Service just obtained by the Archives.
  • Archive Events

    Archive Events

    We are known throughout the Galaxy
  • Foreword from the Chief Constable

    Foreword from the Chief Constable

    Chief Constable Rod Hansen
  • Foreword from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire

    Foreword from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire

What's new
  • Plans for Chipping Sodbury Police Station

    Plans for Chipping Sodbury Police Station

    Dating from 1860
  • Police Constable Thomas Neems

    Police Constable Thomas Neems

    A request for information at the Force Open Day 2019
  • Keeping the Peace

    Keeping the Peace

    A lecture given by Dr Timothy Brain OBE QPM at the Gloucester History Festival 2019
More new pages
Recent comments
  • Alan Bartholomew on The Day Job Could Not Be Done Without Police Staff, Civilian Workers and Volunteers.The unknown police officer next to Baljeet Mann on the training department photograph is Police Constable Judith Davies
  • Adrian WALLACE on Changes in Technology GalleryReference picture URN 2461- that is a picture of the Almondsbury Motorway and Severn Bridge Control Room

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