Dockyard Police (Royal Navy)

Under the terms of the Metropolitan Police Act passed on 28 August, 1860, responsibility for the policing of royal dockyards was passed to the Metropolitan Police Force. The first Inspecting Superintendent of the Dockyard Divisions was F. M. Mallalieu, latterly Superintendent of R Division (covering Woolwich). On 22 April, 1861, the strength of the Dockyard Divisions was authorised by the Home Secretary at:

NAME OF DIVISION.	STRENGTH.					DIVISION FORMED.
	Superintendents.	Inspectors.	Sergeants.	Police Constables.	All other ranks.
1st or Woolwich 2nd or Portsmouth 3rd or Devonport 4th or Chatham 5th or Pembroke	1 1 1 1 1	10 5 5 7 2	30 26 21 10 5	149 141 125 95 26	190 173 152 113 34	22 April, 1861 1 October, 1860 22 October, 1860 3 December, 1860 17 December, 1860
Total	5	29	92	536	662

The authorised strength of the police in 1914 was:

Dockyard	Portsmouth	Devonport	Chatham	Sheerness	Pembroke	West India Docks	Portland	Total
No.	152	155	128	39	35	9	15	553

Bibliography

• Metropolitan Police Office (1862). General Regulations, Instructions, and Orders for the Government and Guidance of the Metropolitan Police Force. London: For Her Majesty's Stationary Office.