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Nottinghamshire Police 
Area coveredArea Nottinghamshire Size 2,160 Population 1,034,700 Operations Formed 1840 (Nottinghamshire Constabulary), 1968 (merger) HQ Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham Officers 2,522 Divisions 4 Stations 31 Chief Constable Julia Hodson Website www.nottinghamshire.police.uk Nottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. The area has a population of just over 1 million.
The force headquarters are found at Arnold. As of 31 March 2005 the force had an establishment of 2,499 police officers, 1,350 police staff, 324 special constables and 102 Community Support Officers. The Chief Constable is Julia Hodson, who has held the post since June 2008.[1]
Nottinghamshire Police Authority has 9 councillors (chosen by a joint board selected by Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council), 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.[2]
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History
Nottinghamshire Constabulary was established in 1840. The following year it absorbed Retford Borough Police. In 1947 it absorbed Newark-on-Trent Borough Police. In 1968 it amalgamated with Nottingham City Police to form Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary.[3] On 1 April 1974 it was reconstituted as Nottinghamshire Police under the Local Government Act 1972.
In 1965, Nottinghamshire Constabulary had an establishment of 1,026 officers and an actual strength of 798.[4]
Proposals made by the Home Secretary in March 2006 would have seen the force merge with the other four East Midlands forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region.[5] However, in July 2006 the proposed merger was cancelled.[6][7]
In June 2006, the force was declared effective and efficient by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) after five years of intense scrutiny.[8]
In 2009, a performance assessment carried out by the government ranked the force's operational area as the third worst in the country.[9]
In March 2010, the HMIC rated the force as 'poor' in three reviewed areas of, 'Local Policing', 'Confidence' and 'Protecting from Harm'. Nottinghamshire Police were the only force in England & Wales to receive such a rating. Although the HMIC did not attempt to place the 43 police forces in England & Wales in a directly comparable league table (due to difficulties in comparing a large city force with a small rural force), Nottinghamshire Police did give the HMIC cause for concern. The media portrayed the analysis as showing the force as the 'worst in England & Wales'.[10]
List of Chief Constables
- 1860-1865 Joseph Hedington
- 1865-1869 John Freeman (former Chief Constable of Plymouth)
- 1869-1872 Captain F. Parry
- 1872-1881 Major W.H. Poyntz (appointed Chief Constable of Essex)
- 1881-1892 Samuel Stevens (former Chief Constable of Rochdale)
- 1892-1912 Phillip Stephen Clay (former Chief Constable of Southampton)
- ????-???? Lt. Col. F. Lemon
- 1930-1959 Captain Athelstan Popkess
- 1959-1969
- 1969-1976 Rex Fletcher
- 1976-1990 Charles McLachlan
- 1990-1995 Sir Dan Crompton
- 1995-2000 Colin Bailey
- 2000-2008 Steven Green
- 2008- Julia Hodson
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Divisional structure
The force used split into four divisions;
- A Division - Mansfield & Ashfield
- B Division - Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood
- C Division - Nottingham City
- D Division - South Nottinghamshire (covers the local government boroughs of Broxtowe, Gedling, and Rushcliffe).
As of April 2011 the force was re structured to following divisions
- Central Division (City of Nottingham) This was then split into two more, City North & City South
- County North (Mansfield, Ashfield, Bassetlaw)
- County South (Broxtowe Borough, Gedling, Rushcliffe, Newark & Sherwood)
Operational Support was not affected in the change Nottinghamshire Police do not have a Traffic department.
Notable officers
- Sarah Davies, former member of girl band Hepburn[11]
- Christopher Dean, ice-skater
- Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear
- Paul Easter, Scottish Olympic swimmer
Officers killed in the line of duty
The Police Memorial Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty, and since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.
The following officers of Nottinghamshire Police are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime, since the turn of the 20th century:[12]
- Sgt Ernest Crowston, 1921 (fatally injured attempting to stop a speeding vehicle)
- PC Raymond Free, 1950 (collapsed after attending a domestic disturbance)
- PC Christopher John MacDonald, 1978 (beaten and drowned by burglar)
- PC Gerald Walker, 2003 (fatally injured when dragged by a stolen vehicle)
Footnotes
- ^ "Julia Hodson". Nottinghamshire Police. http://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/about/our_people/chief_officer_team/chief_constable/. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "Who's Who". Nottinghamshire Police Authority. http://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/npa/members/. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "History". Nottinghamshire Police. http://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/about/history/. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ The Thin Blue Line, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965
- ^ "Police forces 'to be cut to 24". BBC News. BBC. 2006-03-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4825524.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ "Confusion over police merger plan". BBC News. BBC. 2006-07-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5175500.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ "Police bill government on mergers". BBC News. BBC. 2006-07-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5204006.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ "Positive result for police force". BBC News. BBC. 2006-06-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/5124788.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ Fletcher, S. (2009-07-16). "Notts is third worst county for crime". Nottingham Post. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/audio/Notts-worst-county-crime/article-1172230-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ Langford, Mark (2010-03-11). "Revealed: The Worst Police In The Country". Sky News Online. BSkyB. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Nottinghamshire-Police-Ranked-Worse-In-UK-By-HMIC-Row-Over-MyPoliceOrg-Domain-Name/Article/201003215571295?f=rss. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ "Top of the Beat Bobbies". BBC Nottingham. 2008-04-15. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2008/01/18/hepburn_sarah_davies_video_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ http://www.policememorial.org.uk/Forces/Nottinghamshire/Nottinghamshire_Roll.htm
See also
- List of police forces in the United Kingdom
- Policing in the United Kingdom
- North Midlands Helicopter Support Unit
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