Greater Manchester Police Authority
| Greater Manchester Police | |
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| Abbreviation | GMP |
Badge of the Greater Manchester Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 April, 1974 |
| Preceding agency | Manchester and Salford Police |
| Employees | 11,045 |
| Volunteers | 350 |
| Annual budget | £524.1 million |
| Legal personality | Non government: Police force |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Police area of Greater Manchester in the country of England, [[|UK]] |
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| Map of Greater Manchester Police area | |
| Size | 492 square miles (1,300 km2) |
| Population | Approx. 2.7 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Constituting instrument | Police Act 1996 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester |
| Constables | 6,979 (of which 661 are special constables) |
| Police Community Support Officers | 600 |
| Mayor responsible | Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester |
| Agency executives | |
| Child agency |
Tactical Vehicle Intercept Unit Manchester Ship Canal Police (1893–1993) Manchester Airport Police (1954–1976) |
| Divisions | 12 |
| Stations | 62 |
| Facilities | |
| Airbases | City Airport Manchester |
| Panda cars |
Ford Focus Vauxhall Astra Hyundai i30 Peugeot 308 |
| Pursuit vehicles |
Vauxhall Vectra C Volvo S60 BMW 3 Series BMW 5 Series |
| Patrol vehicles |
Range Rover Volvo V70 BMW X5 Land Rover Discovery |
| Website | |
| www.gmp.police.uk | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the Police Force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. GMP is the fourth largest police service in the United Kingdom after the Metropolitan Police Service, West Midlands Police and Police Scotland; and is also the third largest of the English police forces.
As of March 2017, Greater Manchester Police employed; 6,318 police officers, 661 Volunteer Special Constables, 600 Police Community Support Officers, and 3,087 members of police staff. The GMP headquarters are at Central Park, on Northampton Road, in the Newton Heath area of Manchester.
Greater Manchester Police had its early origins in the Metropolitan Manchester City Police which formed sometime in the 1830s, just after the Metropolitan Police Force in London. The service then changed its name to Manchester Borough Police. Upon Manchester gaining city status in 1853, the police service then changed its name again to Manchester City Police to reflect this status. The name of Manchester City Police remained for over a century until 1968 when Salford City Police was merged in Manchester City Police, resulting in the new name of Manchester and Salford Police. Then in 1974, in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972, Greater Manchester Police was formed with parts of the Cheshire Constabulary, Lancashire Constabulary and West Yorkshire Constabulary merged into GMP.
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