Bedfordshire Police
| Bedfordshire Police | |
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| Motto | Protecting People and Fighting Crime Together |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1966 |
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| Annual budget | £102.877m |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in the country of England, United Kingdom |
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| Population | 582,600 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Kempston |
| Police constables | 1,115 |
| Special Constables | 230 |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | Kathryn Holloway |
| Agency executive | Jon Boutcher QPM, Chief Constable |
| Divisions | 2 |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 11 |
| Website | |
| www.bedfordshire.police.uk | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Bedfordshire Police, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in England, which includes the unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Its headquarters are based in Kempston, Bedfordshire.
A professional police force was established in Bedfordshire in 1839, under the County Police Act 1839, replacing the earlier system of elected parish constables. It initially comprised a chief constable, who was based in Ampthill, 6 superintendents and 40 constables. Constables were paid 19 shillings a week, which was nearly twice the typical wage of an agricultural labourer in the county at that time.
There was an independent Luton Borough Police from 1876 to 1947, and then from 1964 to 1966, when it amalgamated with Bedfordshire Constabulary, which was then known as the Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary until 1974. In 1965, Bedfordshire Constabulary had an establishment of 497 and an actual strength of 430.
On 11 June 2007 PC Jon Henry, was fatally stabbed whilst on duty in the town centre of Luton by a Nigerian immigrant, Tennyson Obih. Obih was convicted of his murder, along with the attempted murder and wounding with intent of two other men that he stabbed on the same morning.
Bedfordshire Police has collaborated several specialist units with Hertfordshire Constabulary and Cambridgeshire Constabulary including Major Crime, Dogs, Firearms and Roads Policing.
The force also leads regional units including Eastern Region Special Operations Unit and Eastern Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit with forces in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
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