The Tyne Improvement Commission Docks and Piers Police was a police

Police

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 force which policed the property of the Tyne Improvement Commission on the River Tyne

River Tyne

The River Tyne is a river in North East England in Great Britain. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers: the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.The North Tyne rises on the...

 in Northumberland

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, England

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. Its officers were sworn as Special Constable

Special constable

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s under the Harbour, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 and had full police powers on Commission property. The force was disbanded on 30 November 1949, although its members remained in the Commission's employment as unsworn security guard

Security guard

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s. Policing on Commission property was taken over by the River Tyne Police

River Tyne Police

The River Tyne Police was a police force which patrolled the River Tyne in England. It was formed in 1845 and later became a police force under the Police Act 1919; its members had full police powers...

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