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253 Provost Company Royal Military Police (Volunteers), often shortened to 253 Pro Coy RMP(V), is a Territorial Army Group A minor unit consisting of a headquarters and two platoons, based in London SW2. Following the recent Defence review, the company is also due to set up a platoon detachment at Southampton. 253 is affiliated to the Corporation of London and as a result is regularly provides personnel in support of the City of London Police for the annual Lord Mayors Show. The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the branch of the British Army responsible for the policing of service personnel and providing a military police presence on service property, operations and exercises. ...
The Territorial Army (TA) is a part of the British Army, the land armed forces of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at the same rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents. ...
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Southampton is a city, unitary authority and major port situated on the south coast of England. ...
Coat of arms of the City of London as shown on Blackfriars station. ...
City Police Mounted Section officer The City of London Police is the Home Office police force responsible for the City of London, including the Middle and Inner Temple. ...
4 Regiment RMP
The company is part of 4 Regiment Royal Military Police (a combined TA/regular unit with a headquarters and regular company in Aldershot and companies in West Bromwich as well as in London. 4RMP forms the military police component of 101 Logistic Brigade. The 101 Logistic Brigade came into being during 1999. ...
Recruitment and training Personnel can join the unit straight from being a civilian following successful completion of the company’s recruit selection process. Selection weekends take place around four times annually. Volunteer Transfers who are trained soldiers in other corps as ex regulars or TA members can also join the unit and carry out a reduced trade training package which qualifies them as Military Police men and women.
When on duty, members of the unit can work alongside NCO’s of the regular Royal Military Police. You do not need to be a civilian law enforcement officer to join the unit, but the company does attract a large number of civilian police, immigration and customs officers.
Unit members are used to assist regular RMP units on operational deployments and garrison policing duties when required.
RMP NCO, Exercise Rhino Replen, 1st Armoured Division, 1994 4 RMP regulars and reserves train together on occasion as a two week exercise in Sennelage, Germany in 2006 demonstrated where members of 253 Provost Company undertook ranges, an operational policing exercise and adventure training to improve their capabilities. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (796x1361, 187 KB)RMP NCO Germany 1994 Ex Rhino Replen (Ist Armoured Division) 4 Armd Bde Provost Unit 20 Armd Bde Provost unit 152 Pro Coy (V) RMP I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (796x1361, 187 KB)RMP NCO Germany 1994 Ex Rhino Replen (Ist Armoured Division) 4 Armd Bde Provost Unit 20 Armd Bde Provost unit 152 Pro Coy (V) RMP I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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