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== Local/ceremonial constabularies == | == Local/ceremonial constabularies == | ||
Revision as of 16:37, 26 February 2011
Introduction
- Police forces or constabularies are responsible for operational policing matters
- There is a dedicated list of all police forces in the UK listed on WhatDoTheyKnow.com
Police forces in England and Wales
FOIA Schedule 1 lists:
- 59 - A chief officer of police of a police force in England or Wales.
Section 101 of the Police Act 1996 defines "chief officer of police" to mean one of:
- the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- the Commissioner of Police for the City of London
- the chief constable of a police area, namely:
- Avon and Somerset
- Bedfordshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cleveland
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon and Cornwall
- Dorset
- Durham Constabulary
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Greater Manchester
- Hampshire
- Hertfordshire
- Humberside
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Merseyside
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumbria
- North Yorkshire
- Nottinghamshire
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Thames Valley
- Warwickshire
- West Mercia
- West Midlands
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Dyfed Powys
- Gwent
- North Wales
- South Wales
Police Forces in Scotland
- Central Scotland Police
- Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
- Fife Constabulary
- Grampian Police
- Lothian & Borders Police
- Northern Constabulary
- Strathclyde Police
- Tayside Police
- The following support services are all covered by FOI apart from ACPOS & SCDEA:
- Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS)
- Scottish Police Services Authority
- Forensic Services
- Information Services – Criminal Justice
- Information Services – ICT
- Scottish Police College
- Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
Police Forces in Northern Ireland
- 61 - The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Non-geographic Police Forces
FOIA Schedule I includes:
- 62 - The British Transport Police
- 63 - The Ministry of Defence Police established by section 1 of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987
- 63B - The chief constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary
However there are other non-geographic police forces:
- Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA)
- Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
- UK National Wildlife Crime Unit
The following body is not subject to FOI:
Ports, Waterways an Tunnells Police
=Port police
- Belfast Harbour Police
- Port of Bristol Police
- Port of Dover Police
- Port of Falmouth Police
- Port of Felixstowe Police
- Port of Larne Police
- Port of Liverpool Police
- Port of Portland Police
- Port of Tilbury Police
- Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Harbour Police
Tunnel police
- Mersey Tunnels Police
