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The inquiry heard Sanders had noted that a coordinated media release, with families affected, would be required, adding it could have a "significant impact on the reputation of the constabulary".
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood also stated she had lost confidence in the chief constable, following an update on a "damning" review from the chief inspector of constabulary and what she called a "failure of leadership".
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
The custom dates back more than 150 years, but was stopped in 1909 by the local constabulary, which saw the "straw bears" as a form of "cadging", or begging, for rewards.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024
Andy Marsh, chief executive of the College of Policing, said not calling the investigation a critical incident "set the tone within the constabulary and led to several challenges".
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
The hermandad became, in fact, a constabulary, which, however, fell gradually into neglect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Miller told the BBC that constabularies had been taking steps to improve wellbeing.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
"A small percentage of the FOI requests the constabularies received last year were returned with some of the raw data still attached to the information that we sent," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023
The Guardian approached the remaining police forces in England and Wales, as well as constabularies in Scotland and Northern Ireland, none of whom are currently investigating allegations, fresh or historical, into Heath.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2015
Police commissioners were invented by the current government with the admirable motive of making constabularies accountable to their local communities.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2014
Of these Dumfries then included the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, while the shire of Edinburgh took in the constabularies, the modern shires, of Haddington and Linlithgow.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
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