British Para-Military Police
Ministry of Defence Police
Function: Armed guard & counter terrorism, general policing and training
HQ: Wethersfield, Essex
Personnel: 3,500 officers
Locations: Aldermaston, Burghfield, Coulport, and other locations across Britain including MOD bases and military establishments, arsenals, storage depots, naval dockyards and bases, and formerly the royal ordinance factories. Also detachments in Cyprus and Gibraltar.
Vehicles: Land Rovers, and police vans and 4x4s. Some patrol boats.
Weapons: SA-80 Rifles, HK MP5's & MP7's, Sig 229 & Browning 9mm pistols.
Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary
Function: Law enforcement and security at nuclear power stations, and transit of nuclear materials
HQ: Culham, Oxfordshire
Personnel: 750 officers
Locations: Nuclear power stations and facilities
Vehicles: Land Rovers, and police vans and 4x4s.
Weapons: HK MP5's, Sig 229 & Browning 9mm pistols.
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