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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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