Londonderry Borough Police
| Londonderry Borough Police | |
|---|---|
| Common name | Horney Dicks |
| Abbreviation | LBP |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1848 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Dissolved | 1870 |
| Superseding agency | Londonderry Corporation |
| Constituting instrument |
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| General nature | |
The Londonderry Borough Police was the
town watch, was inadequate to policing serious crime; it also noted, but did not endorse, allegations that the police discriminated against Roman Catholics.[2]
History
Historically, policing in Ireland had been carried out by a town watch. By the 1830s in County Londonderry, the watch was posted so irregularly that citizens resorted to manning the watch themselves or hiring their own night watchmen. In 1832, the
private bill, the Londonderry Improvement Act 1848, which granted the Londonderry Corporation the power to raise its own police force.[2] This initially consisted of one Inspector, one chief constable, one Corporal and thirteen constables.[3] Gradually policing in Ireland was centralised under the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) except for the Londonderry Borough Police, Belfast Borough Police and the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP), which each retained their independence due to their statutory status.[1]
Disbanding
On 28 April 1869,
sectarian riot that evening, three of the Apprentice Boys were shot dead by Londonderry Borough Police constables.[1][4] A subsequent Commission of Inquiry ordered by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland found that the Londonderry Borough Police were inadequate to their task:[5] it had only 38 officers and, being majority-Protestant, was distrusted by Catholics. The inquiry made the recommendation to "substitute it for a more efficient force".[2]
In 1870, the
female searcher or hand over the former police force's records, citing the 1870 act stating they were not obliged "to make any payments for Constabulary purposes other than the moiety of the Constables pay to be charged as mentioned in the statute".[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 1904541135.
- ^ a b c d Royal Commission of Inquiry into Riots and Disturbances in City of Londonderry. Report. Command papers. Vol. 32 244 5. pp. 7–13. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ ISBN 1903688248.
- ISBN 978-1483145525.
- S2CID 143624595.
- ^ a b "Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870". 33 & 34 Victoria: Second session of Twentieth Parliament. The Public General Acts. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1870. p. 370–372. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Corporation Minute Book, Volume 17" (PDF). Londonderry Corporation. 1870. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017 – via Nidirect.
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