| AdminHistory | The history of the Sheffield police force can be said to date from 1818 when, after considerable debate, an Improvement Act was passed which transferred the lighting, watching and cleansing of Sheffield from the Town Trustees to a body of Commissioners. Colonel Fenton was appointed as first superintendent of the police and on his death in 1835 he was succeeded by Thomas Raynor. In 1836 the first day policemen were appointed.
On 4 April 1844 responsibility for the police force was transferred from the Improvement Commissioners to Sheffield Town Council, under the supervision of the Watch Committee, and in June that year the area covered was extended outwards from the centre of the town. At first the force was housed in the Town Hall and it was not until 1864-1865 that a police station was built in Castle Green. The force grew steadily. By 1900 there were eight police stations in addition to the central station and by 1921 this number had risen to thirteen.
In 1967 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Force was formed.
In 1974 (under the Local Government Act of 1972) the Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Force was merged with part of the West Yorkshire Constabulary to form South Yorkshire Police (the borough forces of Doncaster and Barnsley had previously merged with the West Yorkshire Constabulary in 1968). |
| Description | General Administration and Organisation, 1857 - 1969 (SY295/1)
General Order Books, 1859 - 1967 (SY295/1/1)
General papers, 1859 - 1967 (SY295/1/2)
Financial records, 1839 - 1967 (SY295/2)
Personnel records, 1831 - 1970 (SY295/3)
Conduct and Commendation Books, 1831 - 1913 (SY295/3/1)
Probationers' books, 1867 - 1901 (SY295/3/2)
Declarations and descriptions of constables, 1891 - 1921 (SY295/3/3)
Police Pension Book, 1890 - 1915 (SY295/3/4)
Police Sick Book, 1890 - 1927 (SY295/3/5)
Constables Log Books, 1912 - 1923 (SY295/3/6)
Disciplinary report book, 1924 - 1936 (SY295/3/7)
Record of complaints against members of the force, 1935 - 1964 (SY295/3/8)
Correspondence, 1920 - 1957 (SY295/3/9)
Personnel record cards, c. 1930 - 1970 (SY295/3/10)
Training records, 1902 - [1970s] (SYY295/4)
Premises, 1884 - 1975 (SY295/5)
Miscellaneous, 1844-[c. 1970] (SY295/6)
Records relating to Crime, 1836 - 1971 (SY295/7)
Charge Books, 1836 - 1865 (SY295/7/1)
Prison List, 1845 - 1846 (SY295/7/2)
Register of ticket-of-leave men, 1864 - 1874 (SY295/7/3)
Police Station Occurrence Books, 1850 - 1856 (SY295/7/4)
Refused charge book, 1899 - 1938 (SY295/7/5)
Official record cards, [19th - 20th cent] (SY295/7/6)
Papers re Charles Peace, [1870s] (SY295/7/7)
Papers relating to crime statistics, 1927 - 1971 (SY295/7/8)
The Success or Failure of the Borstal System, 1925 (SY295/7/9)
Licensing records, 1928 - 1965 (SY295/8)
Register of Pawnbrokers' Licences, 1928 - 1962 (SY295/8/1)
Register of plans submitted for building or altering premises of licensed victuallers, 1939 - 1946 (SY295/8/2)
Records of offences by licensed victuallers, 1951 - 1970 (SY295/8/3)
Ancillary Organisations:
Old Comrades, 1928 - 1949 (SY295/9)
Police Benevolent Fund, 1943 - 1960 (SY295/10)
Auxiliary Fire Service, 1938 - 1941 (SY295/11) |