Editing Guildford (section)

===Emergency services and justice===
The first police force in Guildford was established by the Guildford Watch Committee in 1836, which appointed nine constables, led by a part-time superintendent.<ref name=Rose_2000_pp11-12/><ref>{{harvnb|Middleton-Stewart|2001|p=2}}</ref>{{refn|A night patrol had been established in Guildford in 1759, under the powers of the Watching and Lighting Act.<ref name=Corke_1990_Burden/>|group=note}} In 1851, it briefly merged with the Surrey Constabulary, responsible for much of the rest of the county, but the two were separated again three years later. By 1866, the Guilford force had sixteen officers, one of whom had a salary paid by the [[London and South Western Railway|LSWR]].<ref>{{harvnb|Middleton-Stewart|2001|pp=3–4}}</ref> Five additional officers were employed in 1932, when the borough was enlarged.<ref name= Middleton-Stewart_2001_pp11-12>{{harvnb|Middleton-Stewart|2001|pp=11–12}}</ref>

Between 1840 and 1864, severe outbursts of semi-organised lawlessness, commonly known as the "Guy Riots", occurred in Guildford. The violence was focused on celebrations for the [[Guy Fawkes Night|Fifth of November]], but was amplified by local political issues.<ref name=Chamberlin_1982_pp176-179>{{harvnb|Chamberlin|1982|pp=176–179}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Morgan|1992|p=11}}</ref>{{refn|The local municipal elections took place in Guildford on 1 November each year.<ref name=Chamberlin_1982_pp176-179/>|group=note}} The rioters would rampage through the town after nightfall, damaging property and assaulting local residents.<ref name=Chamberlin_1982_pp176-179/><ref>{{cite news |title= Guy Fawkes Riots at Guildford |date= 23 November 1863 |work= The Standard |page= 3 |issue= 12257}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= The disgraceful Guy Fawkes Riot at Guildford |date= 6 January 1863 |work= The Standard |page= 6 |issue= 12922}}</ref> Following severe lawlessness in March and September 1863,<ref>{{harvnb|Morgan|1992|pp=97–98,102–103}}</ref> 200 soldiers were dispatched to the town in anticipation of further violence that November.<ref>{{harvnb|Morgan|1992|pp=107–108}}</ref> The army was able to disperse the rioters and four ringleaders were arrested. They were sentenced to hard labour the following April and there was no repeat of the violence in subsequent years.<ref>{{harvnb|Morgan|1992|pp=129–130}}</ref>

In 1941, the Guildford police force was amalgamated again with the Surrey Constabulary as a wartime efficiency measure and the merger became permanent in 1947.<ref name= Middleton-Stewart_2001_pp11-12/> The following year, the combined force moved its headquarters to Mount Browne in Sandy Lane.<ref name="Middleton-Stewart_2001_pp11-12"/> As of 2022, the local police force is [[Surrey Police]] and Guildford Police Station is at Margaret Road, GU1 4QS,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surrey.police.uk/area/your-area/surrey/guildford/guildford-town/stations-contact-points-and-offices/top-reported-crimes-in-this-area |title= Guildford Town |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2022 |publisher= Surrey Police |access-date= 21 July 2022 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> on the site of the former cattle market.<ref name=Collyer_Rose_1999_p16/>

[[File:Guildford Fire Station.jpg|thumb|right|Guildford Fire Station, Ladymead]]
Guildford Fire Brigade was founded in 1863 as a volunteer force.<ref name=Corke_1990_Burden/><ref name=Field_2022_p85>{{harvnb|Field|2022|p=85}}</ref> Initially the horse-drawn fire engine was housed in a shed in North Street,<ref name=Field_2022_p85/> but a brick building (now the public toilets) was built in the same road in 1872<ref>{{harvnb|Collyer|Rose|1999|p=117}}</ref> The Guildford Brigade merged with others in Surrey in 1947, when the service became the responsibility of the county council.<ref name=Corke_1990_Burden/> In 2022, the [[fire authority]] for Guildford is Surrey County Council and the town fire station is at Ladymead.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/fire-and-rescue/about/fire-stations |title= Our Fire Stations |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 6 June 2021 |archive-date= 7 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210407142930/https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/fire-and-rescue/about/fire-stations |url-status= live }}</ref>

The ambulance service in Guildford was provided by [[St John Ambulance (England)|St John Ambulance]] until 1966, when the county council set up its own service.<ref>{{harvnb|Rose|2000|p=132}}</ref> In 2022, local ambulance services are run by the [[South East Coast Ambulance Service]] and the ambulance station is on London Road.<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>