The City of London market constabularies are three small constabularies responsible for security at Billingsgate,[1] New Spitalfields[2] and Smithfield[3] markets run by the City of London Corporation.
Powers and duties
editMarket constables now perform a mixture of security and emergency medical work and are no longer recognised as police officers and are not attested as such. However, their uniforms still say "Markets Police" out of tradition and their 'police-type' role. They are responsible for enforcing market bylaws, rules and regulations. They are not expected to get into serious confrontational roles, with more serious related work being handed over to the City of London Police or Metropolitan Police Service.
New Spitalfield Markets Constabulary
editThe organisation has a number of members:
- Head of security (Grade E): 1
- Deputy Head of security (Grade C++): 1
- Sergeants (Grade C): 3
- Constables (Grade B): 12 (has an establishment of 13).[4]
Uniforms
editConstables wear modern-day police uniforms and may wear: blue or white shirt and tie, protective stab vest, high visibility jackets and black (sometimes white-topped) peaked caps with the City of London badge.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Billingsgate Market > About Billingsgate". City of London website. City of London. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "New Spitalfields Market > About Spitalfields". City of London website. City of London. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "Wards > Farringdon without". City of London Police website. City of London Police. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "City of London market constabularies - a Freedom of Information request to City of London Corporation". December 2017.