Gloucestershire Constabulary

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Gloucestershire Constabulary
Gloucestershire Constabulary area
Coverage
Area	Gloucestershire
Size	1,025 sq miles
Population	564,000
Operations
Formed	1974 (merger)
HQ	Quedgeley
Officers	1,289
Divisions	3
Stations
Chief Constable	Dr Timothy Brain
Website	Gloucestershire Constabulary

Gloucestershire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in England. (South Gloucestershire is covered by Avon and Somerset Constabulary).

The force has three divisions

• Forest and Gloucester
• Cheltenham and Tewkesbury
• Cotswold and Stroud

Each division is divided into inspector-led neighbourhood areas (INAs) within a geographical policing model; there are a total of 17 INAs. Gloucestershire Constabulary’s geographical policing structure has been in place since 1998. Each INA is also coterminous within a district council, which is aimed to facilitate effective partnership working at local level.

The establishment as at 31 March 2005 was 1,289 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers and 783.5 FTE police support staff (including traffic wardens and police community support officers (PCSOs)), supported by 146 [[special constable]]s.

[edit] History

The force was founded in 1839. The force in its present form dates from April 1, 1974, when the southern part of Gloucestershire became part of the County of Avon and thus of the newly formed Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

[edit] See also

• List of police forces in the United Kingdom
• Policing in the United Kingdom

[edit] External link

• Gloucestershire Constabulary