United States Constabulary - Disbanding

Disbanding

The Constabulary was disbanded in 1952, after Germany had developed its own police forces. Many of the troopers came home and joined local and state police forces.

As the perception of the threat to border security changed from one of criminal activity to a potential invasion by the Soviet Army, the border operations mission along the Soviet zones in Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Austria was taken over by armored cavalry units of the U.S. Army.

A small monument to the U.S. Constabulary was erected in 2008 on Patch Barracks in Germany.

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