Mid-Wales Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the counties of

Brecknockshire , image_flag= , HQ= Brecon , Government= Brecknockshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= Brycheiniog , Status= , Start= 1535 , End= ...

Radnorshire , HQ = Presteigne , Government = Radnorshire County Council (1889–1974) Radnorshire District Council (1974–1996) , Origin = , Status = historic county, administrative county , Start ...

and

Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire, also known as ''Maldwyn'' ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town"), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after its county tow ...

, Wales, between 1948 and 1968. The force was created on 1 April 1948 by the amalgamation of Brecknockshire Constabulary,

Radnorshire Constabulary , HQ = Presteigne , Government = Radnorshire County Council (1889–1974) Radnorshire District Council (1974–1996) , Origin = , Status = historic county, administrative county , Start ...

and Montgomeryshire Constabulary under sections 3 and 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 ...

. The Headquarters were in Newtown. The force was abolished in 1968, when it was amalgamated with

Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the counties of Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, Wales. It was created on 1 July 1958 by the amalgamation of Carmarthenshire Constabulary and Cardiganshire C ...

and

Pembrokeshire Constabulary Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The county is home to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Park ...

to form Dyfed-Powys Police. In 1965, the force had an establishment of 225 officers and an actual strength of 220.''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965

Footnotes

External links

Home Office Circular 71-1948 announcing the force's creation Home Office Circular 98-1968 announcing the force's abolition
{dead link, date=June 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes Defunct police forces of Wales History of Brecknockshire Radnorshire History of Montgomeryshire History of Powys Government agencies established in 1948 1948 establishments in the United Kingdom 1968 disestablishments in Wales Government agencies disestablished in 1968