Constabulary West Suffolk Constabulary; to Suffolk Constabulary West Sussex Constabulary; to Sussex Constabulary Warwickshire Constabulary; to Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary Worcestershire Constabulary; to West Mercia Constabulary Abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 All territorial police forces in England and Wales (except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police) were abolished and reconstituted at midnight on 31 March 1974/1 April 1974. This list shows the ones that existed then and their fate (ignoring minor transfers). Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary; reconstituted as Bedfordshire Police Birmingham City Police; merged into West Midlands Police Bradford City Police; merged into West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police Bristol City Constabulary; merged into Avon and Somerset Constabulary Cheshire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Merseyside Police and Greater Manchester Police Cumbria Constabulary; reconstituted Derby County and Borough Constabulary; reconstituted as Derbyshire Constabulary Devon and Cornwall Constabulary; reconstituted Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary; reconstituted as Dorset Police Durham Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Cleveland Constabulary and Northumbria Police Dyfed-Powys Constabulary; reconstituted Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary; reconstituted as Essex Police Gloucestershire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Avon and Somerset Constabulary Gwent Constabulary; reconstituted Gwynedd Constabulary; reconstituted as North Wales Police Hampshire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Dorset Police Hertfordshire Constabulary; reconstituted Kent County Constabulary; reconstituted Kingston-upon-Hull City Police; merged into Humberside Police Lancashire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Merseyside Police, Greater Manchester Police, Cheshire Constabulary and Cumbria Constabulary Leeds City Police; merged into West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police Leicester and Rutland Constabulary; reconstituted as Leicestershire Constabulary Lincolnshire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Humberside Police Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary; merged into Merseyside Police Manchester and Salford Police; merged into Greater Manchester Police Mid-Anglia Constabulary; reconstituted as Cambridgeshire Constabulary Norfolk Constabulary; reconstituted Northampton and County Constabulary; reconstituted as Northamptonshire Constabulary Northumberland Constabulary; merged into Northumbria Police Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary; reconstituted as Nottinghamshire Police Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary; merged into South Yorkshire Police Somerset and Bath Constabulary; merged into Avon and Somerset Constabulary South Wales Constabulary; reconstituted Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary; reconstituted as Staffordshire Police Suffolk Constabulary; reconstituted Surrey Constabulary; reconstituted Sussex Constabulary; reconstituted Teesside Constabulary; merged into Cleveland Constabulary Thames Valley Constabulary; reconstituted Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary; split between Warwickshire Constabulary and West Midlands Police West Mercia Constabulary; reconstituted West Midlands Constabulary; merged into West Midlands Police West Yorkshire Constabulary; split mainly between West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, South Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Police Wiltshire Constabulary; reconstituted York and North East Yorkshire