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| Area | Nottinghamshire |
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| Size | 2,160 |
| Population | 1,034,700 |
| Operations | |
| Formed | 1840 (Nottinghamshire Constabulary), 1968 (merger) |
| HQ | Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham |
| Officers | 2,522 |
| Divisions | 4 |
| Stations | 31 |
| Chief Constable | Julia Hodson |
| Website | www.nottinghamshire.police.uk |
Nottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. The area has a population of just over 1 million.
The force headquarters are found at Arnold. As of 31 March 2005 the force had an establishment of 2,499 police officers, 1,350 police staff, 324 special constables and 102 Community Support Officers. The Chief Constable is Julia Hodson, who has held the post since June 2008.[1]
Nottinghamshire Police Authority has 9 councillors (chosen by a joint board selected by Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council), 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.[2]
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Nottinghamshire Constabulary was established in 1840. The following year it absorbed Retford Borough Police. In 1947 it absorbed Newark-on-Trent Borough Police. In 1968 it amalgamated with Nottingham City Police to form Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary.[3] On 1 April 1974 it was reconstituted as Nottinghamshire Police under the Local Government Act 1972.
In 1965, Nottinghamshire Constabulary had an establishment of 1,026 officers and an actual strength of 798.[4]
Proposals made by the Home Secretary in March 2006 would have seen the force merge with the other four East Midlands forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region.[5] However, in July 2006 the proposed merger was cancelled.[6][7]
In June 2006, the force was declared effective and efficient by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) after five years of intense scrutiny.[8]
In 2009, a performance assessment carried out by the government ranked the force's operational area as the third worst in the country.[9]
In March 2010, the HMIC rated the force as 'poor' in three reviewed areas of, 'Local Policing', 'Confidence' and 'Protecting from Harm'. Nottinghamshire Police were the only force in England & Wales to receive such a rating. Although the HMIC did not attempt to place the 43 police forces in England & Wales in a directly comparable league table (due to difficulties in comparing a large city force with a small rural force), Nottinghamshire Police did give the HMIC cause for concern. The media portrayed the analysis as showing the force as the 'worst in England & Wales'.[10]
The force used split into four divisions;
As of April 2011 the force was re structured to following divisions
Operational Support was not affected in the change Nottinghamshire Police do not have a Traffic department.
The Police Memorial Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty, and since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.
The following officers of Nottinghamshire Police are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime, since the turn of the 20th century:[12]