Editing Dorking (section)

===Emergency services and justice===

A [[Watchman (law enforcement)|nightly patrol]] was established in Dorking in 1825 and in 1838 a small [[police]] force, initially with just three officers, was established under the Lighting and Watching Act 1833.<ref name=Bartlett_2020_pp225-226>{{harvnb|Bartlett|2020|pp=225–226}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2021|reason=Published on [[Scribd]] – possible upload by author|expert=y}}</ref> This force became part of the [[Surrey Police|Surrey Constabulary]] on its creation in 1851.<ref name=Bartlett_2020_pp252>{{harvnb|Bartlett|2020|p=252}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2021|reason=Published on [[Scribd]] – possible upload by author|expert=y}}</ref> A combined [[police station]] and [[Magistrates' court (England and Wales)|magistrates' court]] complex was opened at the east end of the High Street in 1894 and the police station relocated to Moores Road in 1938.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp83-85>{{harvnb|Ettinger|Jackson|Overell|1991|pp=83–85 }}</ref> Purpose-built magistrates courts were opened adjacent to Pippbrook House in 1979<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp105-107>{{harvnb|Ettinger|Jackson|Overell|1991|pp=105–107}}</ref> and closed in 2010.

[[File:Old Public Hall, West Street, Dorking (former fire station).jpg|thumb|right|Dorking Fire Brigade was based at the old Public Hall on West Street from 1881 to 1971.]]
A volunteer [[Fire department|fire brigade]] was formed in 1870. Initially based at South Street, it moved to the Public Hall at the west end of West Street in 1881.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp83-85/> The brigade became full time in 1912 and, in 1971, it moved to a new [[fire station]] adjacent to the newly built [[ambulance station]] at North Holmwood.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp100-102>{{harvnb|Ettinger|Jackson|Overell|1991|pp=100–102}}</ref> In 2021, the [[fire authority]] for Dorking is Surrey County Council and the [[fire services in the United Kingdom|statutory fire service]] is [[Surrey Fire and Rescue Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/222995/Dorking-2020-21v5.pdf |title=Dorking Fire Station: Station Plan 2020/21 |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Surrey County Council |access-date=9 January 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121214913/https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/222995/Dorking-2020-21v5.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Dorking Ambulance Station is run by the [[South East Coast Ambulance Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/our-locations/ |title=Our Locations |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=South East Coast Ambulance Service |access-date=9 January 2021 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110224056/https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/our-locations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>