Manchester Airport Police is a
defunct police force of the United Kingdom, formerly responsible for policing
Manchester Airport, in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, England.
Basis
The Airport Police were sworn in as
special constables under section 18 of the Manchester Corporation Act 1954.
[House of Commons ''Hansard'', 12 May 1975, vol 892 cc40-1W](_blank)
/ref>[Manchester Corporation Act 1954 (c. xlviii)] This gave them all the powers and privileges of a constable in the airport.Policing of Airports Act 1974 Airport policing in the United Kingdom has taken many forms since the rise of scheduled airline services in the post-war period. Policing at major civilian airports was the responsibility of specialist constabularies operated by three central govern ...
, responsibility for policing the airport passed from the Airport Police to the local territorial police force A territorial police force is a police service that is responsible for an area defined by sub-national boundaries, distinguished from other police services which deal with the entire country or a type of crime. In countries organized as federations, ...
, Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England.
, Greater Manchester Police employed 6,866 police officers, 3,524 memb ...
, on 1 August 1976, and the airport police officers were transferred to Greater Manchester Police on that date.
See also
*Airport policing in the United Kingdom Airport policing in the United Kingdom has taken many forms since the rise of scheduled airline services in the post-war period. Policing at major civilian airports was the responsibility of specialist constabularies operated by three central govern ...
*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 po ...
*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 ...
References
{{UK private and military police forces
Defunct airport police forces of the United Kingdom
Manchester Airport