"form the West Mercia Constabulary, later the West Mercia Police. Worcestershire Constabulary Worcestershire Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for policing rural Worcestershire in central England from 1839 until 1967, when it became part of West Mercia Constabulary. The Worcestershire Constabulary was formed in 1839, along with borough forces in the towns of Worcester, Evesham, Kidderminster, Dudley, Bewdley and Droitwich. The first headquarters was a three storey house at 15 Britannia Square, Worcester. In 1946 the moved into Hindlip Hall. In 1947 the Worcester Constabulary absorbed Kidderminster Borough Constabulary. On 1 October 1967 the Worcestershire Constabulary was amalgamated with"
"West Mercia Police announced that they would be withdrawing from the alliance. Paul West, QPM, who retired as chief constable on 31 July 2011 was the longest serving chief constable in the force's history. He was succeeded by his deputy chief constable, David Shaw, who took up the senior post on 1 August 2011. Anthony Bangham became Chief Constable in August 2016. The force is organised into five territorial policing units (TPUs) which are alphabetically coded geographically from south to north (C D E F & G). Operating across three counties, West Mercia Police maintains many stations, with each TPU"
"15 new cadets per detachment occurs annually. New recruits must be aged 16 or over and have finished secondary education. Young people can remain as cadets for up to two years. Cadets can then consider joining the force at age 18, becoming a cadet leader in their detachment, or leaving the scheme altogether. Each detachment is led by several cadet leaders who are police officers, PCSOs and police volunteers from the force. In November 2005, the government announced major reforms of policing in England and Wales, which raised the prospect of West Mercia Constabulary being merged with other forces in"
"Unit area. Each detachment is headquartered in the respective TPU HQ, except the South Worcestershire detachment, which is based at Tudor Grange Academy. In 2010, the Telford Cadets Detachment was awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. According to West Mercia Police's website, ""The scheme is aimed at young people who wish to engage in a program that offers them an opportunity to gain a practical understanding of policing, develop their spirit of adventure and good citizenship, while supporting their local policing priorities through volunteering, working with partner agencies and positive participation in their communities."" A new intake of approximately"
"on hold. The subsequent coalition and Conservative governments have not made any indication of re-introducing such plans. In 2013 the West Mercia and Warwickshire police forces formed an alliance, sharing certain administrative functions in order to save both forces money. In October 2018 West Mercia Police announced its intention to withdraw from the strategic alliance with Warwickshire Police. West Mercia Police West Mercia Police, formerly known as West Mercia Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Worcestershire in England. The force area covers making it the fourth largest"
"West Mercia Police Authority West Mercia Police Authority was the governing body of the West Mercia Police force in the English counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire until November 2012. Police authorities were replaced by directly elected police and crime commissioners. The current police and crime commissioner for West Mercia is Bill Longmore. Police Authorities were usually a board of members consisting of local councillors and independent members appointed directly to serve in that role. In West Mercia, the Police Authority had a membership of 17 people drawn from across the force area: The Police Authority also had two co-opted"
"Hampshire Constabulary Hampshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in South East England. The force area includes Southampton, the largest city in South East England, and the naval city of Portsmouth. It also covers the New Forest National Park, sections of the South Downs National Park, large towns such as Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Andover, Fareham and Aldershot, and the historic city of Winchester. The constabulary, as it is currently constituted, dates from 1967, but modern policing in Hampshire can be traced back to 1832. In late 2015, the force"
"young man died. Hampshire Constabulary Hampshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in South East England. The force area includes Southampton, the largest city in South East England, and the naval city of Portsmouth. It also covers the New Forest National Park, sections of the South Downs National Park, large towns such as Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Andover, Fareham and Aldershot, and the historic city of Winchester. The constabulary, as it is currently constituted, dates from 1967, but modern policing in Hampshire can be traced back to 1832. In late"
"Army has made use of several regional identities in naming larger, amalgamated formations. After the Second World War, the infantry regiments of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire were organised in the Mercian Brigade (1948–1968). Today, ""Mercia"" appears in the titles of two regiments, the Mercian Regiment, founded in 2007, which recruits in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, and parts of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, and the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, founded in 1992 as part of the Territorial Army. The police forces of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire were combined into the West Mercia Constabulary in 1967. Telephone directories across"
"formed in 1971 by the merger of three separate service constabularies: the Air Force Department Constabulary, the Army Department Constabulary, and the Admiralty Constabulary. The force, which consists of two divisions, is headquartered at MDP Wethersfield, Essex. The force has a number of specialised departments and also provides officers for international policing secondments; including overseas and training of resident police forces in these areas. These overseas missions are carried out under the mandates of the United Nations, NATO, or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The MDP underwent a significant restructuring as part of the coalition government's post 2010 austerity measures,"
"Independent Members appointed to the Standards Committee. West Mercia Police Authority West Mercia Police Authority was the governing body of the West Mercia Police force in the English counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire until November 2012. Police authorities were replaced by directly elected police and crime commissioners. The current police and crime commissioner for West Mercia is Bill Longmore. Police Authorities were usually a board of members consisting of local councillors and independent members appointed directly to serve in that role. In West Mercia, the Police Authority had a membership of 17 people drawn from across the force area:"
"West Midlands Constabulary The West Midlands Constabulary was a police force in the West Midlands of England. It was created on 1 April 1966 under the Police Act 1964, with the re-organisation of the Black Country area as the five contiguous county boroughs of Dudley, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton. Dudley Borough Police, Walsall Borough Police and Wolverhampton Borough Police were incorporated wholly into the new force. It also took in parts of the Staffordshire Constabulary and Worcestershire Constabulary. The force was initially headed by Chief Constable Norman W. Goodchild, former Chief Constable of Wolverhampton Borough Police, until 1967,"
"when he was replaced by Edwin Solomon, former Chief Constable of Walsall Borough Police. On 1 April 1974 it amalgamated with the Birmingham City Police and parts of Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary, Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary and West Mercia Constabulary to form the West Midlands Police, because of the Local Government Act 1972 which created the new West Midlands metropolitan county, which covered the West Midlands constabulary area along with Birmingham and Coventry and a few other surrounding towns. West Midlands Constabulary The West Midlands Constabulary was a police force in the West Midlands of England. It was created"
"priestesses to serve as the judiciary and provide the head of state. Birmingham, the largest city in the Midlands, and located at the centre of its transport network, is proposed as the Mercian capital, and is the venue for Pagan & Magickal Birmingham, Sovereign Mercia's weekly public meetings. The following 22 historic counties of England are recognised by Sovereign Mercia as constituting Mercia: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Holland, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Ely, Kesteven, Leicestershire, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Sovereign Mercia Sovereign Mercia is an organisation that campaigns to establish"
"as the airport is 'designated' under the terms of the Act and some are armed. West Midlands Police is one of the three police forces who contribute officers to the Central Motorway Police Group, the others being Staffordshire Police and West Mercia Police. CMPG operate out of three main bases, the main headquarters being under the M6 motorway at Perry Barr at which their central control room and vehicle depot is situated. CMPG also have a regional control centre in Quinton, Birmingham shared with the Highways Agency. Officers attached to CMPG cover a wide geographical area, including in the West"
"West Sussex Constabulary West Sussex Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for policing West Sussex in southern England from 1857 to 1968. Its headquarters were located at Chichester. The West Sussex Constabulary was formed in 1857 and the headquarters established in Chichester in 1922. During the Second World War the force, together with that of the East Sussex Constabulary and the borough forces of Brighton, Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings, temporarily amalgamated in 1943 to form the Sussex Police Force. After the war, the forces reverted in 1947 to their previous formation, except that Hove remained as part of East"
"Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston. The force has over 3,000 officers as well as 500 police community support officers. After many complaints over a number of years over the crime ridden state of Lancashire it was decided in 1839 that a combined county police force was required to police the county. In the same year the force was founded and Captain John Woodford was made chief constable with two assistant chief constables, 14"
"the west and West Yorkshire to the east. It has been modelled on the Central Motorway Police Group which started in 1990 when West Midlands Police and West Mercia Constabulary formed a partnership to provide a dedicated policing unit for the motorways surrounding Birmingham. CMPG now includes Staffordshire Police.. The CMPG as of 2018 is now a two force collaboration after Warwickshire and West Mercia withdrew from the group. In April 2018, Lancashire Police announced their intention to withdraw from the NWMPG. The 24-hour Regional Command and Control Centre, located at the Highways Agency Regional Control Motorway Centre at Newton-le-Willows,"
"Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary, Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary and West Mercia Constabulary. The first Chief Constable appointed to the new force was Sir Derrick Capper, the last Chief Constable of Birmingham Police. Between 1974 and 1989, the force operated the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad. It was disbanded after allegations of endemic misconduct, leading to a series of unsafe convictions. These included allegations that officers had falsified confessions in witness statements, denied suspects access to solicitors and used torture such as ""plastic bagging"" to partially suffocate suspects in order to extract confessions. They were alleged to have abused payments"
"as well as officers from the operations support unit and appropriately trained local officers. The Police Roll of Honour Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty. The following officers of Lancashire Constabulary are listed by the trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime: Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston. The force has over 3,000 officers as well as 500 police community support"
"ever had. The force is now committed to the alliance which sees the sharing of back office facilities, force systems and support teams whilst retaining its own identity. It is hoped that the alliance will save £20 million. The alliance has now fully taken place merging all departments, officers and staff below the grade of Deputy Chief constable and Police and Crime Commissioner. On 08 October 2018, West Mercia Police Chief Constable and PCC started formal proceedings to end the alliance. This action was not supported by Warwickshire Police Chief Constable or PCC. The alliance will formally cease to exist"
"authority, and had stood for election as an independent. The headquarters of the force is currently Portishead in North Somerset, close to the B3124, it was chosen as the site for the new HQ when the Bristol Constabulary's Bridewell Headquarters was deemed to be too small to continue serving as the Force's HQ. The Portishead complex cost £31 million to construct and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1995. In 2014 the force moved into three new police and custody centres in Bridgwater, Patchway and Keynsham. At that time they announced that a third of its other"
"its predecessor organisations, were killed while attempting to prevent, stop or resolve a crime: Cheshire Constabulary 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 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"
"to Hindlip Hall if required, with the Prime Minister's office also based nearby at Spetchley Court. In 1947 after the war it came into the ownership of Worcestershire County Council and the land was set aside for future use as a college, with the main house turned into the headquarters of the County Police. Since 1967 the Hall has been the West Mercia Police police headquarters. It is close to junction six of the M5 motorway. The church of St. James is no longer supported by the Church of England (since 1997), but is now the church for the constabulary."
"Hertfordshire Constabulary Hertfordshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Hertfordshire in England. Its headquarters is in Welwyn Garden City. From 2011-2016 the force was headed by Chief Constable Andy Bliss, the current Chief Constable is Charlie Hall QPM. The forces manpower consists of over 3,900 police officers and staff, supported by more than 410 special constables. The Constabulary was founded in 1841, under the County Police Act, five years after the Hertford Borough Police and St Albans Borough Police had been formed. In 1889, the Hertford Borough Police force was merged into Hertfordshire. The"
"West Midlands and North Worcestershire. Staffordshire Police and Warwickshire Police joined the partnership in 2001, bringing the motorway sections in those counties within the Group's area of responsibility, while West Mercia increased its input. Warwickshire withdrew from the CMPG in April 2007 and West Merica announced their intention to withdraw in July 2017, partly due to the Strategic Alliance they have with Warwickshire. West Mercia Police withdrew from CMPG at 07:00 on Sunday 8 April 2018. Currently, the CMPG has responsibility for: CMPG Patrol Bases: Central Motorway Police Group The Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) is a co-operative operation between"
"the West Midlands region. Under final proposals made by the Home Secretary on 6 February 2006, it would merge with Staffordshire Police, Warwickshire Constabulary and West Midlands Police to form a single strategic force for the West Midlands region. This came under particular criticism from West Mercia Constabulary, especially as it was rated the best force in the country. Instead, the constabulary wished to remain a separate force. The proposals were also unpopular with many of the local authorities in the West Mercia area. When Labour's John Reid became Home Secretary in 2006, he put plans to merge the forces"
"Suffolk Constabulary Suffolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia, England. Suffolk Constabulary is responsible for policing an area of , with a population of 678,074 and 288,473 households. The area covered is principally rural and coastal and the force has two territorial areas: Eastern and Western. The Eastern Area HQ is at Halesworth, the Western Area HQ at Bury St Edmunds. Each area is divided into sectors, with boundaries matching those of local district or borough councils. There are a total of 14 sectors across the county, each commanded by an inspector or"
"Metropolitan Special Constabulary The Metropolitan Special Constabulary (MSC) is the part-time volunteer police force of the Metropolitan Police Service. It is one of three Special Constabularies operating within London, the others belonging to City of London Police and British Transport Police. The MSC was created over 180 years ago under the Special Constables Act of 1831 and currently consists of 3,271(as of March 2016) officers, making it the largest in the UK. Officers of the MSC hold the 'Office of Constable' and therefore have full powers and privileges of a Police Officer throughout England and Wales on duty. They wear"
"Shropshire Constabulary Shropshire Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for policing rural Shropshire in central England from 1840 until 1967, when it became part of West Mercia Constabulary. The Shropshire Constabulary was formed in 1840, along with borough forces in the towns of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Much Wenlock and Oswestry. In the early years they were known as ‘Paddy Mayne’s grasshoppers’ because the first Chief Constable was Irish and the constables wore green uniforms. The headquarters were at 23, Swan Hill, Shrewsbury. In 1947 the Shropshire Constabulary absorbed Shrewsbury Borough Constabulary. On 1 October 1967 the Shropshire Constabulary was"
"offences over the years leading up to 2009, during a case in which it was fined 250,000 pounds by the Environment Agency Wales (EAW) in February 2010. The head office is in Castle Hill at Maidenhead in Berkshire, and the works are located in Ketton in Rutland, Buckley in Clwyd, Ribblesdale near Clitheroe and Avonmouth near Bristol. At Avonmouth, the company has a marine terminal, that is used for the importation of cement in bulk, with samples from there tested at the Ketton site's laboratory each week to ensure they meet British Standards. Cement is also imported through the ports"
"in Northern England, including Lancashire, Cumbria, and south west Scotland, an area which became known as """"Yr Hen Ogledd"""" or ""the Old North"". Within a few decades, the Welsh became engaged in further defensive warfare against the increasingly powerful kingdom of Mercia, based at Tamworth in what became the West Midlands of England. The capital of Powys, Pengwern, at or near modern Shrewsbury, was conquered by Oswiu of Northumbria in 656 when he had become overlord of the Mercians. Powys then withdrew from the lowland areas now in southern Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire, which became known to Welsh poets as"
"the Constabulary were still in the top 100 at 65th (Leicestershire was the top police employer). The crime fiction writer Graham Hurley draws on his knowledge of Hampshire Constabulary, and in particular Portsmouth CID, for his series of police procedural novels. Set in Portsmouth and revolving around the fictional Detective Inspector Joe Faraday they portray a gritty picture of the city and its crime. Ruth Rendell's series of crime novels are set in the fictional town of Kingsmarkham. In the books the town is described as being in Sussex, however when the books were televised, Romsey was chosen as the"