Buckinghamshire Constabulary was the Home Office

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, until 1968. Buckinghamshire Constabulary was established 6 February 1857. At establishment it had a strength of 102 officers. In 1868, prior to a national police pay structure, a newly recruited constable had a weekly net wage of 14s 1d which was 3 shillings a week less than constables in Staffordshire. It later absorbed Buckingham Borough Police 1 April 1889 and

Chepping Wycombe Borough Police Chepping Wycombe Borough Police was the police force responsible for policing the Borough of Wycombe, situated in the county of Buckinghamshire, England until 1947. It was formed as a result of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The force was a ...

on 1 April 1947. In 1965, it had an establishment of 738 and an actual strength of 672.''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965 On 1 April 1968,

Thames Valley Constabulary Thames Valley Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Thames Valley, covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. It the largest non-metropolitan police force in England and Wales, covering a ...

was formed by the amalgamation of Buckinghamshire Constabulary, Berkshire Constabulary,

Oxford City Police Oxford City Police was the police force of the City of Oxford, England. It policed the city from 1 January 1869 until 31 March 1968. It was established to succeed a "watch and ward" force that had been founded in 1835. On 1 April 1968 it and fou ...

, Oxfordshire Constabulary and Reading Borough Police. At the point of amalgamation the constabulary had a strength of 1,042 police officers. ;Chief Constables: Chief Constables were: *1857–1867 : Captain Willoughby Harcourt Carter *1867–1896 : Captain John Charles Tyrwhitt-Drake *1896–1928 : Major Otway Mayne *1928–1953 : Colonel Sir Thomas Richard Pennefather Warren, 8th Baronet, CBE *1953–1968 : Brigadier John Cheney

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A pre-history of Thames Valley Police
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