States of Guernsey Police Service States of Guernsey Police Service The States of Guernsey Police Service, known generally as the Guernsey Police, is the Police service for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a jurisdictional sub-group of Crown Dependencies within the Channel Islands. The Service's enforcement jurisdiction extends across the entire Bailiwick and encompasses the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark. In common with many communities, a historical development of parish constables formed the system of law enforcement for many centuries. In the nineteenth century the people of Guernsey complained that this system was inadequate for a growing population, and a professional police force was demanded.
Guernsey While the jurisdiction of Guernsey has complete autonomy over internal affairs and certain external matters, the topic of complete independence from the British Crown has been discussed widely and frequently, with ideas ranging from Guernsey obtaining independence as a Dominion to the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey uniting and forming an independent Federal State within the Commonwealth, whereby both islands retain their independence with regards to domestic affairs but internationally, the islands would be regarded as one state. Guernsey has ten parishes, which act as civil administration districts, with limited powers. Each parish is administered by a Douzaine, usually made