Airport policing in the United Kingdom
Airport policing in the United Kingdom has taken many forms since the rise of scheduled airline services in the post-war period. Policing at major civilian airports was the responsibility of specialist constabularies operated by three central government departments until 1974, when the rise in international terrorism saw armed police from territorial police forces deployed to major airports under the provisions of the Policing of Airports Act. As more minor airports grew in size, they too switched to armed police provided by local police forces. However, the funding agreements for the provision of such services varied wildly from airport to airport, leading to disagreements between airport operators and Chief Constables. A new regime, the Airport Security Planning Framework, came into forc
1955 Birthday Honours1956 New Year Honours1969 Birthday Honours1971 Birthday HonoursAir Force Department ConstabularyAirport policeAirport security in the United KingdomAuthorised firearms officerAviation Security Operational Command UnitBelfast International Airport ConstabularyBirmingham Airport PoliceBritish Airports Authority ConstabularyBritish Airports Authority PoliceCivil Aviation ConstabularyHeathrow Airport HoldingsHistory of the Ministry of Defence PoliceList of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1960–1979List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United KingdomLiverpool Airport PoliceManchester Airport PoliceMinistry of Civil Aviation ConstabularyPolicing of Airports Act 1974
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Airport policing in the United Kingdom
Airport policing in the United Kingdom has taken many forms since the rise of scheduled airline services in the post-war period. Policing at major civilian airports was the responsibility of specialist constabularies operated by three central government departments until 1974, when the rise in international terrorism saw armed police from territorial police forces deployed to major airports under the provisions of the Policing of Airports Act. As more minor airports grew in size, they too switched to armed police provided by local police forces. However, the funding agreements for the provision of such services varied wildly from airport to airport, leading to disagreements between airport operators and Chief Constables. A new regime, the Airport Security Planning Framework, came into forc
has abstract
Airport policing in the United ...... ns for all passenger airports.
@en
Wikipage page ID
31,916,131
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,006,648,478
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
wikiPageUsesTemplate
comment
Airport policing in the United ...... ning Framework, came into forc
@en
label
Airport policing in the United Kingdom
@en