Dún Laoghaire Harbour Police
Law enforcement agency
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The Dún Laoghaire Harbour Police was a small, specialised police force in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland that operated under the jurisdiction of the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Country Council.
- Kingstown Harbour Police (1836)
| Dún Laoghaire Harbour Police Póilíní Cuain Dún Laoghaire | |
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| Formed | 1924 |
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| Operations jurisdiction | Ireland |
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| dlharbour | |
The force had the power of arrest under Section 54 of the Harbours Act 1996 ,[inappropriate external link?] to arrest persons in connection with offences under the Act, although they were then required to hand them over to the Garda Síochána. Prior to the passage of the Act, the Harbour Police were under the employ of the Department for the Marine and were sworn as constables under the Harbour, Docks & Piers Clauses Act 1847.
The force was established in 1836 as the Kingstown Harbour Police under the provisions of the Kingstown Harbour Act 1836. The current name was taken in 1924.
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