Northamptonshire Police

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Northamptonshire Police
Northamptonshire Police area
Coverage
Area	Northamptonshire
Size	2,364
Population	640,000
Operations
Formed	1966 (merger)
HQ	Northampton
Officers	1,289
Divisions	2
Stations	9
Chief Constable	Peter Maddison
Website	http://www.northants.police.uk/

Northamptonshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.

The force area amounts to 914 square miles and has a resident population of 642,708. The force is divided into two basic command units (BCUs), Northamptonshire West and Northamptonshire North, each headed by a Chief Superintendent. Police officer strength amounts to 1288 officers.

The Chief Constable since May 2003 is Peter Maddison.

Northamptonshire Police Authority has 9 councillors, 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.

The force in its present form was formed on April 1, 1966 under the Police Act 1964 as a merger of the Northamptonshire County Constabulary with Northampton Borough Police. The merged force was known as Northampton and County Constabulary until 1974 and the Local Government Act 1972. [1]

Proposals made by the Home Secretary on March 20, 2006 would see the force merge with the other four East Midlands forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region. [2]

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Northamptonshire Police