| Port of Bristol Police | |
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 Logo of the Port of Bristol Police | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1884 |
| Employees | 31 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | England, England |
| Legal jurisdiction | Port of Bristol & 1 mile from the boundary and any specific Port Police business thereafter |
| Constituting instrument | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Royal Portbury Dock, Avon, Bristol BS20 7XQ |
| Port Police Constables | 31 |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 1 |
| Website | |
| Official Website Page | |
The Port of Bristol Police (PoBP) is a ports police force with responsibility to protect the port complexes and community situated at the mouth of the River Avon on the border between Bristol and Somerset. Officers are attested under powers in legislation derived from the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847.
The PoBP has existed at the Avonmouth Docks since 1884, but has been in its present form since the end of the Second World War. The PoBP in modern times is responsible for the policing and certain security measures at Avonmouth Docks, Royal Portbury Dock and the trading estates owned by The Bristol Port Company that are situated at the outskirts of the port areas.
First Corporate Shipping Limited, trading as The Bristol Port Company, is the statutory undertaker (within the meaning of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984) of the harbour area and is solely responsible for financing and employing the PoBP.[1]
- ^ "Accountability and Standards of the Port Police Forces". Department for Transport. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2018.