Gwynedd Constabulary was the Home Office

Home Office

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...

 police

Police

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 force for the counties of Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire , historically spelled as Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire in English during its existence, was one of the thirteen historic counties, a vice-county and a former administrative county of Wales....

, Anglesey

Anglesey

Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...

 and Merionethshire

Merionethshire

Merionethshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, a vice county and a former administrative county.The administrative county of Merioneth, created under the Local Government Act 1888, was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 on April 1, 1974...

, Wales

Wales

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The force was formed in 1950 by the merger of Caernarfonshire Constabulary, Anglesey Constabulary and Merionethshire Constabulary. It was itself amalgamated with Flintshire Constabulary

Flintshire Constabulary

Flintshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Flintshire, Wales, from 1856 until 1967.In 1965, the force had an establishment of 256 and an actual strength of 231....

 and Denbighshire Constabulary

Denbighshire Constabulary

Denbighshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Denbighshire, Wales, until 1967, when it amalgamated with Gwynedd Constabulary and Flintshire Constabulary to form a new Gwynedd Constabulary, which was renamed North Wales Police in 1974.In 1965, the force had an...

 in 1967, the combined force also being known as the Gwynedd Constabulary, renamed North Wales Police

North Wales Police

North Wales Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales. The headquarters are in Colwyn Bay, with divisional headquarters in St Asaph, Caernarfon and Wrexham....

in 1974.

In 1965, the force had an establishment of 308 and an actual strength of 296.