The London Borough of Redbridge Parks Police Service was a body of constables responsible for policing the parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Redbridge.
The service was headed by Chief Officer John Boylin, the former Metropolitan Police Borough Commander for Redbridge.
[1] Policing was provided by two shifts, each consisting of one sergeant and six constables.
[3] The service stated its main responsibilities were to:[2] Two Redbridge Parks Police officers, Constables Harjit Dhinsa and Graham Jackson, were commended in July 2007 for chasing and arresting two bank robbers outside Barclays Bank in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, on Tuesday 3 July.
Constable Jackson arrested one of the men after cornering him in a back garden in St Edmund's Road, with the other suspect caught minutes later by officers from Redbridge police.