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You are here: Home>Police History>180th Anniversary of Hertfordshire Constabulary

180th Anniversary of Hertfordshire Constabulary

In April 2021, Hertfordshire Constabulary celebrates its 180th anniversary.  Every day that month, we added a new article about the history of the force.

  • 180th Anniversary 1
    180th Anniversary 1
    1841 - April - saw the appointment of the first Hertfordshire Chief Constable.
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  • 180th Anniversary 2
    180th Anniversary 2
    1841 - May - saw the appointment of the first Constable - Robert Dunn.
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  • 180th Anniversary 3
    180th Anniversary 3
    1841 - September - 70 Police Officers had been recruited.
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  • 180th Anniversary 4
    180th Anniversary 4
    1857 Constable John Starkins is found murdered.
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  • 180th Anniversary 5
    180th Anniversary 5
    1880 a new Chief Constable is appointed.
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  • 180th Anniversary 6
    180th Anniversary 6
    1889 Hertford Borough Police are absorbed by the County Force.
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  • 180th Anniversary 7
    180th Anniversary 7
    1893 Watford Police Station is the first to have a telephone installed.
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  • 180th Anniversary 8
    180th Anniversary 8
    1911 Alfred Letchworth Law is appointed as Chief Constable.
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  • 180th Anniversary 9
    180th Anniversary 9
    1914 Tring Police Station opens.
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  • 180th Anniversary 10
    180th Anniversary 10
    1914 also saw the purchase of the first Police car.
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  • 180th Anniversary 11
    180th Anniversary 11
    1914 War was declared and dozens of Police Officers enlisted.
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  • 180th Anniversary 12
    180th Anniversary 12
    1928 George Knight is appointed Chief Constable.
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  • 180th Anniversary 13
    180th Anniversary 13
    1928 also saw the appointment of Hertfordshire's first Women Police Constables.
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  • 180th Anniversary 14
    180th Anniversary 14
    1939 World War Two is declared and Hertfordshire again sees its Officers, including the Chief Constable, go off to war.
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  • 180th Anniversary 15
    180th Anniversary 15
    1944 a bomb his Police Headquarters at Hatfield.
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  • 180th Anniversary 16
    180th Anniversary 16
    1945 Arthur Young is appointed as Chief Constable.
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  • 180th Anniversary 17
    180th Anniversary 17
    1947 St Albans City Police are absorbed into the County Force.
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  • 180th Anniversary 18
    180th Anniversary 18
    1947 also saw the introduction of VHF radios.
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  • 180th Anniversary 19
    180th Anniversary 19
    1951 Hertfordshire forms a Dog Section.
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  • 180th Anniversary 20
    180th Anniversary 20
    1962 a Traffic Department is formed.
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  • 180th Anniversary 21
    180th Anniversary 21
    1967 the new Headquarters is opened at Welwyn Garden City.
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  • 180th Anniversary 22
    180th Anniversary 22
    1969 Chief Constable Wilcox retires.
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  • 180th Anniversary 23
    180th Anniversary 23
    1974 the new Police Station at Stevenage is opened.
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  • 180th Anniversary 24
    180th Anniversary 24
    1976 sees the ending of Women Police Departments.
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