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By 1825 a Chief Constable had been appointed at Penrith. (1) By 1835 Penrith was one of the six police districts in the County of Cumberland. (2) In 1840 the boundaries of all Police Districts, including Penrith, were published including where they crossed county boundaries. (3)
In 2015 Penrith Police Station was also the Penrith Local Area Command Office in the North West Metropolitan Region. In 2015 its address was 317 High Street, Penrith.(4)
Endnotes
1. Colonial Secretary, Returns of the Colony, 1825, p.118 (NRS 1286).
2. NSW, Parliament , Legislative Council, Votes and Proceedings, 1835, reprinted 1846, pp. 423, 425 and 439. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/hhp/pre1991/votes/1824_1881/1835-X-LC-XX-0339-0544.pdf (accessed 3 February 2015).
3. NSW, Parliament, Government Gazette, No. 50, August 19, 1840, p.783.
4. NSW Police Force. Regions/Local Area Commands (LAC). http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/structure/operations_command/local_area_commands/north_west_metro_region/penrith (accessed 3 February 2015).
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