States of Jersey Police
| States of Jersey Police | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1951 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Bailiwick of, Jersey |
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| States of Jersey Police area | |
| Size | 119.4 square kilometres (46.1 sq mi) |
| Population | 97,857 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Saint Helier |
| Sworn members | 240 |
| Agency executive | Mike Bowron, QPM, Chief Officer |
| Uniformed Shifts | 5 |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 2 |
| Website | |
| States of Jersey Police | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The States of Jersey Police (French: Police des États de Jersey) is the official police service of Jersey. It was established in its current form by the Police Force (Jersey) Law, 1974 and consists of around 240 officers.
This was some 130 years after the need for a full-time force was identified. A body of paid and uniformed town police was set up in Saint Helier in 1854, which became the nucleus of the Paid Police established to operate Island-wide in 1951 by the Paid Police Force (Jersey) Law. The Paid Police was renamed the States of Jersey Police in 1960.
The States Police supports the system of elected Honorary Police in each parish that has been in place in the Island since 1204.
The States of Jersey Police are the only officers with Island-wide powers and provide a professional response to all serious crime in the Island. Under a memorandum of understanding with the twelve parish forces the latter routinely handle minor matters and traffic control, but Centeniers remain the only officers able to bring charges.
The fictional Bureau des Étrangers department of the States of Jersey Police featured in the British TV series Bergerac.
An investigation into allegations of historical child abuse had begun in 2006. Several sites in the grounds of Haut de la Garenne, a former children's home, were excavated in 2008 and finds of human remains and other items were announced amid sensational international publicity. In September 2008, Detective Superintendent Mick Gradwell of Lancashire Police took over as Senior Investigating Officer in the abuse enquiry. In August 2008 David Warcup, Deputy Chief Constable of Northumbria Police, took over as Deputy Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police. The new team launched a review of the investigation to date and subsequently in November 2008, the Deputy Chief Officer, David Warcup, expressed "much regret" that misleading information had been released throughout the conduct of the enquiry and that there was "no evidence" of any child murders at Haut de la Garenne.
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