Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the counties of Carmarthenshire and

Cardiganshire Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...

, Wales. It was created on 1 July 1958 by the amalgamation of

Carmarthenshire Constabulary Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...

and Cardiganshire Constabulary under section 4 of the

Police Act 1946 The Police Act 1946 (1946 c.46) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided for the amalgamation of smaller borough police forces with county constabularies in England and Wales, allowed for the merger of county ...

. In 1968, the force amalgamated with Mid-Wales Constabulary and Pembrokeshire Constabulary to form Dyfed-Powys Police. In 1965, it had an establishment of 355 and an actual strength of 348.''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965

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Home Office Circular 74-1958 announcing the force's creation Home Office Circular 98-1968 announcing the force's abolition
Defunct police forces of Wales History of Carmarthenshire History of Ceredigion 1958 establishments in Wales Government agencies established in 1958 1968 disestablishments in Wales Government agencies disestablished in 1968 {{UK-law-enforcement-agency-stub