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The '''Mid-Anglia Constabulary''' was the [[territorial police force]] responsible for law enforcement in part of the East of England, from 1965 to 1974. It was created from the amalgamation of five forces. It was renamed [[Cambridgeshire Constabulary]] in 1974.

==History: 1965–1974==
On 1 April 1965, the former Cambridgeshire Constabulary amalgamated with [[Cambridge City Police]] (called Cambridge Borough Police until 1951), [[Isle of Ely Constabulary]], [[Huntingdonshire Constabulary]], and the [[Peterborough Combined Police]] (created in 1947 from a merger of the [[Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary]] and the [[Peterborough City Police]]) to form the Mid-Anglia Constabulary, with the same boundaries as the current force. This force initially had an establishment of 805 and an actual strength of 728. A separate [[Wisbech Borough Police]] had already merged with the [[Isle of Ely Constabulary]] in 1889.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thebadgerslair.com/pages/history.htm |title=Cambridgeshire Constabulary History |work=The Badger's Lair |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103025326/http://www.thebadgerslair.com/pages/history.htm |archivedate=3 November 2016}}</ref>

==Coat of arms==
The Mid Anglia Police Authority were granted [[armorial bearings]] by [[letters patent]] dated 20 December 1965. These were blazoned as follows:
'Per fess gules and argent, a fess enarched and embattled or , masoned sable, between in chief two open crowns or and in base three bars wavy azure and thereon two keys in saltire or.'<ref>{{cite book|page=266|year=1971|author=Geoffrey Briggs|title=Civic and Corporate Heraldry|publisher=Heraldry Today|place=London}}</ref>

==Chief Constable of Mid-Anglia Constabulary==

*1965–1974 Frederick Drayton Porter OBE, QPM. Formerly the chief constable of Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City.<ref>Booklet: ''Opening of Peterborough Divisional Headquarters''. Monday, 22 October 1979.</ref>

{{Gallery
|title=Badges of the Mid-Anglia Constabulary 1965–1974.
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|File:Mid-Anglia Helmet Badge.jpg|Mid-Anglia Constabulary Helmet Badge
|File:Mid-Anglia Constabulary Cap Badge2.jpg|Mid-Anglia Constabulary (early) Cap Badge
|File:Mid-Anglia Cap Badge.jpg|Mid-Anglia Constabulary Cap Badge
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==See also==
* [[Policing in the United Kingdom]]

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[[Category:Defunct police forces of England]]
[[Category:Local government in Cambridgeshire]]
[[Category:1965 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1965]]


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