Editing Staines-upon-Thames (section)

===Emergency services and justice===
The earliest record of a permanent fire-fighting force in Staines is from 1738, when a hand-operated fire pump was purchased for the brigade.<ref name=Ramsden_1988_pp3-4>{{harvnb|Ramsden|1988|pp=3–4}}</ref> [[Building Act 1774|Reforms in 1774]] transferred responsibility for fire services to the local authority<ref>{{harvnb|Mansfield|1991|p=46}}</ref> and, in 1800, a new manual fire engine was purchased by the Staines force. The Staines UDC purchased the first diesel engine for the brigade in 1926, which was replaced by a Leyland terrier pump escape engine in 1935.<ref name="Ramsden_1988_pp3-4"/> Middlesex County Council took over responsibility for local fire services on 1 April 1948, building a new fire station at Stanwell and closing the Staines station in 1962. Surrey County Council became the fire authority for the local area in 1965.<ref name=Ramsden_1988_p22/>

[[File:Staines Police Station, Kingston Road.jpg|thumb|right|Staines Police Station, opened 1998]]
The first surviving record of a town [[prison|gaol]] in Staines is from 1274 and the erection of a new [[pillory]] and [[cucking stool|ducking stool]] is described in 1335. There were [[stocks]] in the Market Square through the 16th century until at least 1790.<ref name=Mansfield_1991_pp52-53>{{harvnb|Mansfield|1991|pp=52–53}}</ref> The vestry appointed the town Constable from the early 15th century<ref>{{harvnb|Maryfield|2006|p=49}}</ref> until 1840, when responsibility for law enforcement was passed to the [[Metropolitan Police]]. In 1865, the [[police station]] moved to Kingston Road, later the site of the candle factory.<ref name=Mansfield_1991_pp52-53/> The force relocated to a second station on Kingston Road in 1876<ref>{{harvnb|Dix|Nunn|1987|p=53}}</ref> and moved again to new premises on the same street in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6441110.new-police-trees/ |work= News Shopper |date= 6 December 2000 |title= New police trees |access-date= 17 May 2022 |archive-date= 19 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220519211441/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6441110.new-police-trees/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Goble|2016|p=29}}</ref> In 2022, the local police force is [[Surrey Police]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surrey.police.uk/area/your-area/surrey/spelthorne/staines-urban/about-us/top-reported-crimes-in-this-area |title= Staines Urban |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2021 |publisher= Surrey Police |access-date= 12 May 2022 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The [[magistrates' court (England and Wales)|magistrates' courts]] at Knowle Green, opposite the Spelthorne Borough Council offices, were opened in 1976.<ref name=Maryfield_2006_p119/>