police service

[stephen7]

hi all,
have recently been told that my mother's cousin was in the police service after the war and until he retired in the 70's/80's. he was, i believe stationed in exeter, and according to family stories was in fact cheif of police( maybe an exxageration, i am not sure)
does anyone know if there is accessable records for me to be able to find out his police service history?
steve

[stanmapstone]

Exeter was in Devon & Cornwall Police Force, which was formed 1st June 1967. The Chief Constables from then to 2000 were Greenwood, Alderson, East, Elliott, and Evans. Devon Record Office have some miscellaneous records and personnel files, but these are closed for 60 years after the last date in the volumes
There is  The Police History Society http://www.policehistorysociety.co.uk/

Stan

[stephen7]

Exeter was in Devon & Cornwall Police Force, which was formed 1st June 1967. The Chief Constables from then to 2000 were Greenwood, Alderson, East, Elliott, and Evans.There is  The Police History Society http://www.policehistorysociety.co.uk/

Stan

well, he is none of those, maybe he was an inspector or the such like,so at least that little bit is cleared up, will have a look at your link
thanks
steve

[fishweb]

Hi Steve,
Here is a website I have come across that might be of interest.
http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/policehistory.php


best wishes

Cathy

[davidc]

I run the Exeter Memories site - there is a list of police officers who served at Exeter from 1919 to the amalgamation in 1966 on this page - http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/EM/policelist.php

As the preamble on the page states, it was compiled by four Exeter police officers and is as complete as they could make it.

David

[stephen7]

cathy, david,
thanks for the link, he is not naed on the list, strange, i know he lived and died in exeter, and the family swear he was a police officer, would he have lived there and been in another constabulary, i wonder.

[davidc]

Hi Steve
Up until 1972 Exeter was the County and City of Exeter, which is why it had its own police force. The Devon Police Force was also based in Exeter and would have employed policemen who lived across Devon and in Exeter. They would have covered all the areas around the city such as Exminster, Broadclyst, Tiverton etc. It is therefore likely he served in the Devon Force. My website only covers Exeter.

There is a Devon and Cornwall police museum at Okehampton which should have records of serving police officers from the 19th Century to the present. This is the website http://www.policeheritagecentre.co.uk/index.html

David

[stephen7]

thanks again david, another line of enquiery, had a look at the link, doesn't help much but at least gives me their contact details, will get in touch with them, see if they can supply anything
steve

[J D------]

Hi, might be a little late but some one passed this site on to me from another forum when i was looking for family in the police force in that area.

http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history/policing/police-archives-guide/devon-and-cornwall-constabulary.htm

J.D.