Editing Devizes (section)

==Emergency services==
Devizes is policed by [[Wiltshire Police]], who have their headquarters on London Road in the town. Policing of Devizes was the responsibility of the City of Salisbury Police until Wiltshire Constabulary was founded in 1839 under the [[County Police Act 1839]]. It was the first county police force founded in the country, hence its motto 'Primus et Optimus – The First and The Best'. The force is one of the largest employers in the town.

The headquarters site also houses the [[Emergency Control Centre|emergency control centre]] for police services in the county, in a building opened in 2003 by the [[Wiltshire Emergency Services]] partnership as a centre for all three emergency services,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/3265095.stm|title=Control centre opens after dispute|date=12 November 2003|work=BBC News: England|access-date=25 March 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> but since 2013 used only by the police.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2014-09-17/wiltshire-polices-new-control-centre-opens-today/|title=Wiltshire Police's new control centre opens today|date=17 September 2014|website=ITV News|language=en|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> The headquarters building has housed the office of the [[Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner]] since the creation of that post in 2012. [[Wiltshire Air Ambulance]] was based at the police headquarters site until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://melkshamnews.com/2018/05/23/supporters-thanked-as-wiltshire-air-ambulance-moves-into-new-airbase/|title=Supporters thanked as Wiltshire Air Ambulance moves into new airbase|date=23 May 2018|website=Melksham Independent News|access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref>

Healthcare and ambulance response services in Devizes are provided by the [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]].  [[South Western Ambulance Service]] have an ambulance station in Devizes.

Fire and rescue services in Devizes are provided by [[Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service]], who have a fire station with a retained staff. They also have a training centre on the Hopton industrial estate.