Constabulary may have several definitions:

• A civil, non-paramilitary (police) force consisting of police officers called constables. This is the usual definition in theUnited Kingdom, in which allcountypolice forces once bore the title (and someterritorial police forces, as well as theCivil Nuclear Constabulary, still do).Constables also exist in someU.S. states includingTexas andPennsylvania.
• In English-speaking Canada, the starting rank of all police officers is Constable. The provincial police service ofNewfoundland andLabrador is theRoyal Newfoundland Constabulary. This term reflects the force's history of having been modelled after theRoyal Irish Constabulary. In this case, Constabulary is used in the same sense in which it is used in the UK.
• A large civil police force organised and trained along military lines, which may containparamilitary elements. This is the usual definition in places outsideGreat Britain such as the formerRoyal Irish Constabulary, the formerRoyal Ulster Constabulary^{[citation needed]},Royal Newfoundland Constabulary,Jamaica Constabulary Force.
• A military orparamilitary type force consisting of soldiers trained for police duties. Mostly established by theUnited States in the several countries over which it had protective status e.g.Philippine Constabulary;United States Constabulary inWest Germany afterWorld War II. These forces also performed military functions by maintaining "mobile forces" of organised units.

• Avon and Somerset Constabulary
• Belfast International Airport Constabulary
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary
• Cheshire Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Derbyshire Constabulary
• Durham Constabulary
• Gloucestershire Constabulary
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
• Hampstead Heath Constabulary
• Havering Parks Constabulary
• Hertfordshire Constabulary
• Kew Constabulary
• Lancashire Constabulary
• Norfolk Constabulary
• Suffolk Constabulary

• Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
• Jamaica Constabulary Force
• Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary

• Royal Marechaussee AKARoyal Military Constabulary
• Dienst Speciale Interventies
• Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten

Philippines

• Philippine Constabulary – created in 1901 by the American colonial administration. It was demilitarised and merged with theIntegrated National Police in 1991 to form thePhilippine National Police.

Great Britain

• Kent County Constabulary – Changed its name to Kent Police in 2002 due to "Constabulary" being considered confusing.^[1]

Ireland

• Royal Irish Constabulary – The United Kingdom's paramilitary police force inIreland from 1822 to 1922.

Northern Ireland

• Royal Ulster Constabulary – The United Kingdom's police force inNorthern Ireland from 1922 – 2001 when it was reformed as thePolice Service of Northern Ireland.
• Ulster Special Constabulary – a reserve police force from 1920 until it was disbanded in 1970.

Free City of Danzig

• Free City of Danzig Police – The law enforcement agency of the semi-autonomousFree City of Danzig from 1919 - 1945.

United States

• United States Constabulary –United States Army militarygendarmerie force. From 1946 to 1952, in the aftermath of World War II, it acted as an occupation and security force in theU.S. Occupation Zone ofWest Germany andAustria.
• Pennsylvania State Constables – an elected office held in all Pennsylvania townships, boroughs, and cities except Philadelphia; unrelated to thePennsylvania State Police

Malaysia

• North Borneo Constabulary – The paramilitary police force ofNorth Borneo from 1800s to 1963 where it was officially incorporated intoRoyal Malaysia Police shortly after the formation of Malaysia.
• Sarawak Constabulary – The paramilitary police force ofKingdom of Sarawak from 1800s to 1963 where it was officially incorporated into Royal Malaysia Police shortly after the formation of Malaysia.

South Africa

• South African Constabulary – The paramilitary gendarmerie force raised by theBritish Army to police captured areas of the two formerBoer republics of theTransvaal andOrange Free State during theSecond Boer War from 1900 to 1908.

• Segal, David R., Brian J. Reed, and David E. Rohall. “Constabulary Attitudes of National Guard and Regular Soldiers in the U.S. Army.”Armed Forces & Society, Jul 1998; Vol. 24: pp. 535–548.http://afs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/24/4/535
• Moskos, Charles C., Jr. “UN Peacekeepers: The Constabulary Ethic and Military Professionalism.”Armed Forces & Society, Jul 1975; Vol. 1: pp. 388–401.

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