Cheshire Police
| Cheshire Constabulary | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Be safe feel safe |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1857 |
| Annual budget | £177M (2011–12) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Police area of Cheshire in the country of England, UK |
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| Map of police area | |
| Size | 905 square miles (2,340 km2) |
| Population | 1.03 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Clemonds Hey, Winsford |
| Constables | 2,013 |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | David Keane, (L) |
| Agency executive | Simon Byrne , Chief Constable |
| Local Policing Units | 1 |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 22 |
| Website | |
| www.cheshire.police.uk | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Cheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton (including Runcorn, and Widnes) and Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km2) with a population of roughly 1 million.
The Chief Constable of the Cheshire Constabulary since 2014 is Simon Byrne. He was the Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police from 2009 to 2011 and the Assistant Commissioner for Territorial Policing in the Metropolitan Police Service from 2011 until his appointment in late 2014, taking over from David Whatton by unanimous approval by the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel in late February 2014.
The Deputy Chief Constable is Janette McCormick. The two Assistant Chief Constables are Sarah Boycott and Darren Martland.
A constabulary was first formed under the Cheshire Constabulary Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c.97) which was amended by the Cheshire Constabulary Act 1852. The passage of the County and Borough Police Act in 1856 led to the dissolution of this force and the creation of a second Constabulary. Many of the officers continued to serve in the new force and there was clauses in the Act which allowed their pension rights to continue.
The first Chief Constable was Captain Thomas Johnnes Smith, late of the Bedfordshire Militia. The first full Cheshire Police Committee met at the Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe, on 3 February 1857 and the new Cheshire Constabulary was officially formed on 20 April 1857.
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