Cardiff Borough Police was a police force for the Borough of Cardiff, formed in 1836. It was later renamed Cardiff City Police in 1905 when Cardiff attained city status. Notable events in its history included dealing with the 1919 race riots in the city. It became defunct in 1969 on its merger into the

South Wales Constabulary South Wales Police ( cy, Heddlu De Cymru) is one of the four territorial police forces in Wales. It is headquartered in Bridgend. The force was formed as South Wales Constabulary on 1 June 1969, by the amalgamation of the former Glamorgan Cons ...

. Its archives are held at

Glamorgan Archives The Glamorgan Archives ( cy, Archifau Morgannwg), previously known as the Glamorgan Record Office, is a county record office and repository based in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. It holds records for the whole of the historic county of Glamorgan but ...

and it is also represented in the

South Wales Police Museum South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

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Defunct police forces of Wales 19th century in Cardiff 20th century in Cardiff 1836 establishments in Wales 1969 disestablishments in Wales {{UK-law-enforcement-agency-stub