Lincolnshire Police

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Lincolnshire Police
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Coverage
Lincolnshire Police
Lincolnshire Police area
Area Lincolnshire (excl. N. and N. E. Lincs)
Size 5,921 km²
Population 750,000[citation needed]
Operations
Formed
HQ Nettleham, Lincoln
Budget £108.6[citation needed]
Officers 1,234[citation needed]
Divisions West, East and South
Stations Lincoln, Gainsborough, Market Rasen, Sleaford, Skegness, Louth, Boston, Mablethorpe, Grantham, Spalding, Stamford (Also a large number of smaller sub-stations, referred to as "boxes")
Chief Constable Tony Lake
Website www.lincs.police.uk

Lincolnshire Police is the Home Office police force covering the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. Despite the name, the force's area does not include North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, which are covered by Humberside Police instead.

In terms of geographic area the force is one of the largest in the United Kingdom covering 2,284 square miles. The population of the area covered by the force is 646,000[citation needed].

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[edit] Divisional structure

The Chief Constable is Tony Lake. The Deputy Chief Constable is Richard Crompton. Lincolnshire Police Authority has 9 councillors, 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.

The force has an establishment of about 1,200 police officers. The county is divided into three divisions for the purposes of policing. These are the East Division (covering Boston, Skegness , Mablethorpe, Louth and Horncastle) of which Skegness is the Divisional Headquarters, West Division (covering Lincoln, Gainsborough, Market Rasen, Sleaford) of which Lincoln (West Parade) is the Divisional Headquarters and South Division (covering Grantham, Spalding and Stamford) of which Grantham is the Divisional Headquarters).

Sleaford was moved from the South Division to the West Division in 2006 under plans to bring Policing areas in line with Local Authority Areas.

[edit] History

Lincolnshire Constabulary was formed in 1856 under the County and Borough Police Act 1856 [1]. Several other borough police forces used to exist in the county, however these were eventually combined with the Lincolnshire force. Under the Police Act of 1946 the Boston and Grantham forces were merged, while those of Lincoln and Grimsby were absorbed under the 1964 Act. Lincolnshire lost part of its area to the new force Humberside Police in 1974.

Proposals made by the Home Secretary on March 20, 2006 would have seen the force merge with the other four East Midlands forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region. [2] This unnecessary and unpopular idea [3] was canned by John Reid in June 2006. [4] The police authority received £287,600 from the Home Office for costs of preparing the ill-fated merger.

In 2008 the Lincolnshire Police Authority was unable to balance its books. They claim that they receive a grant from the government which is insufficient to provide efficient policing in Lincolnshire, due to the unfavourable working of the formula used by the government to assess police grants. The government does not agree. The authority decided to recoup the difference by making a massive 79% increase in its precept (the portion of Council Tax payable to the Police Authority). The government has announced its intention to "cap" this demand.[1]

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Television appearances

The force have made appearances on BBC News locally, and more recently in the 2007 series of ITV's Police Camera Action! which often mentions the force frequently during the series (30 episodes).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Police chiefs to fight capping on tax Stamford Mercury
  2. ^ History of the International Police Association

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] News items


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