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Chester Cathedral Constables are a small team of
constables A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other peop ...
who maintain order and security in and around
Chester Cathedral Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Sain ...
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History

In December 2011, Chester Cathedral appointed a head constable to lead a new team of volunteer constables to maintain security, and to keep good order within the Cathedral and its precincts. The two longest serving were assisted with training in 2015 by the local territorial force in Cheshire. Although volunteers, they were not appointed as special constable as they work for a private constabulary. In August and October 2017 they were joined by three former Special Constables, leaving Chester Cathedral Constabulary with five serving cathedral constables.


Present day

In June 2017 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Chester Cathedral Constables (represented by Inspector Chris Jones) and Cheshire Constabulary (represented by the Chief Constable). Under the terms of the MoU the territorial police force acknowledges the right of sworn cathedral constables to carry rigid batons and handcuffs, and to carry out arrests. The cathedral constables agree to deliver all arrested persons to Cheshire Constabulary for processing and custody. The MoU also acknowledges that the cathedral constables will be the initial point of contact for all policing matters on cathedral Dean & Chapter property, passing offences of a serious nature to the territorial force.


Ranks

In common with other members of the Cathedral Constables Association (CCA), the former positions of Head Constable and Deputy Head Constable have now been replaced with the ranks of Inspector and Sergeant. The CCA has a national Chief Officer, who is acknowledged by all cathedral constabularies as a strategic leader, but who does not have operational command over any of them.


See also

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Cathedral constable A cathedral constable is a constable employed by a cathedral of the Church of England. They have been appointed under common law and cathedral statutes (ecclesiastical law) for nearly 800 years. History Cathedral constables have a long history ...
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Law enforcement in the United Kingdom Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most law enforcement is carried out by police officers serving in regional pol ...
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List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom There are a number of agencies that participate in law enforcement in the United Kingdom which can be grouped into three general types: * Territorial police forces, who carry out the majority of policing. These are police forces that cover a p ...


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