Devon and Cornwall Police

Devon and Cornwall Police
Badge of the Devon and Cornwall Police
Motto	In Auxilium Omnium To the assistance of everybody
Agency overview
Formed	1 April, 1967
Preceding agencies	Devon and Exeter Police Cornwall County Constabulary Plymouth City Police
Employees	6,067
Volunteers	505
Annual budget	£256.8 million
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	Police area of Devon and Cornwall in the country of England, UK
Map of police area
Size	3,961 square miles
Population	1.65 million
Legal jurisdiction	England & Wales
Constituting instrument	Police Act 1996
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overviewed by	Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary/Independent Police Complaints Commission
Headquarters	Middlemoor, Exeter
Constables	3,082
PCSOs	354
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible	Alison Hernandez, (C)
Agency executive	Shaun Sawyer, Chief Constable
Basic Command Units	4
Facilities
Stations	49
Airbases	1 Exeter Airport
Helicopters	1 Eurocopter EC145
Notables People Bill Skelly, for Deputy Chief Constable Paul Netherton, for Assistant Chief Constable Russ Middleton, for Assistant Chief Constable Sharon Taylor, for Assistant Chief Constable
Website
www.devon-cornwall.police.uk
Footnotes
* Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Devon and Cornwall Police or Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England, including the unitary authority areas of Plymouth, Torbay and the Isles of Scilly.

This is the largest police force area in England by geographical area covered, and the fifth largest in the United Kingdom. The total population of the force area is approximately 1.5 million. The force also has to cope with an influx of around 11 million visitors to its area during the average year.

The force was formed on 1 April 1967 by the amalgamation of the Devon and Exeter Police, Cornwall County Constabulary and Plymouth City Police, these three constabularies were an amalgamation of 23 city and borough police forces that were absorbed between 1856 and 1947.

Since 15 November 2012 the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner is Tony Hogg. The police and crime commissioner is scrutinised by the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel, made up of elected councillors from the local authorities in the police area. Before November 2012 the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority was the police governance.

The force is divided into three BCUs (Basic Command Units), each commanded by a Chief Superintendent. Each BCU is divided into large Geographic Areas, which are further sub-divided into Sectors, each with one or more police stations. This organisation is slightly different in Plymouth, which is divided directly into Sectors operating out of Plymouth's four police stations, and North and East Devon's Exeter Geographic Area, both of whose Sectors operate out of a single police station. Each Geographic Area is headed by a Superintendent and each Sector by an Inspector.