This month saw Humberside Police turn 50!

The Humberside Police are celebrating their 50th anniversary this month!

The merger under the Local Government Act 1972 was about realigning County boundaries according to economic boundaries and then aligning police forces to those new areas. Humberside Police was made up of parts of the East Riding Constabulary, Hull City Police Force, Lincolnshire Constabulary, York and North East Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. There was an economic reason to bring both sides of the Humber together to have both fishing ports under one Local Authority as one example. Several new forces such as Northumbria were also created on the same day for the same reasons.

To take a lot at the history of the Humberside Police, and what they’ve accomplished in those 50 years, click here!