North Yorkshire Police
| North Yorkshire Police | |
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| Abbreviation | NYP |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1974 |
| Annual budget | £146.796m |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Police area of North Yorkshire, York, UK |
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| Map of North Yorkshire Police's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 8,310 km² |
| Population | 0.813 million |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Newby Wiske Hall, Newby Wiske |
| Sworn members | 1,370(of which 158 are Special Constables) |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | Julia Mulligan, (C) |
| Agency executive | Dave Jones, Chief Constable |
| Safer Neighbourhood Commands | 6 |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 24 |
| Custody Suites | 4 |
| Website | |
| www.northyorkshire.police.uk | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. The force covers England's largest county and comprises three area command units. As of March 2013 the force had a strength of 1,370 police officers, 158 Special Constables, 173 PCSOs and 1,095 police staff.
The force was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was largely a successor to the York and North East Yorkshire Police, also taking part of the old West Riding Constabulary's area.
Proposals made by the Home Secretary on 21 March 2006 would have seen the force merge with West Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police to form a strategic police force for the entire region. However, these proposals were later dropped.
It was announced in January 2007 that the then Chief Constable, Della Cannings, would be retiring from the force on 16 May 2007 due to illness. Della Cannings made the headlines on a number of occasions. She was not allowed to purchase wine from Tesco in Northallerton in March 2004 until she had taken off her hat and epaulettes, as it was illegal to sell alcohol to on-duty police officers. In October 2006 it was revealed that more than £28,000 had been spent to refurbish a shower in her office.
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