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| | Avon and Somerset Constabulary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Avon and Somerset Constabulary is the Home Office police force in England responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Somerset and the districts of South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset; before 1996 these districts formed the now-defunct county of Avon, hence the force's name. |
 | | The force was created on April 1, 1974, the same day as Avon, from a merger of the Bristol City Police, the Somerset and Bath Constabulary, and the Staple Hill division of Gloucestershire Constabulary. |
 | | The headquarters of the force is at Portishead in North Somerset, close to the B3124. |
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