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Law enforcement for parks and open spaces

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police is a body of constables responsible for policing the parks and open spaces of the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. In 2013, it was merged with the Hammersmith and Fulham Parks Constabulary to form the Parks Police Service. Then, in July 2019 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police moved away from The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Parks Constabulary, once again becoming a single service.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police is part of the Community Safety Department and provides a uniformed body of constables across the twenty five parks and open spaces in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, to detect and deter crime.

Members of the constabulary are sworn in as constables under article 18 of the Greater London Parks and Open Spaces Order 1967, meaning they have powers of a constable to deal with bye laws relating to parks and open spaces under their control. They are warranted constables providing a police service, and as such have powers of arrest, power to seize illicit drugs, and authority to carry police weapons (such as batons).

In 2008, the constabulary made 30 arrests, mainly for possession of drugs, minor thefts and antisocial behaviour.

The parks are not a separate police area and as such are part of the Metropolitan Police District. Therefore, the Metropolitan Police are ultimately statutorily responsible for policing the parks and the investigation of crime committed within them. The RBKC Parks Police between 2013 and 2019 was merged with the Hammersmith and Fulham Parks Constabulary.