Leicestershire Constabulary
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| Area | Leicestershire, Leicester, Rutland |
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| Size | 2,538 km² |
| Population | 0.9 million |
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| Formed | 1839, 1967 (merger) |
| HQ | Enderby |
| Officers | 2,311 |
| Local policing units | 15 |
| Stations | _ |
| Chief Constable | Simon Cole |
| Website | www.leics.police.uk |
Leicestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland in England. Its headquarters are at Enderby, Leicestershire.
The current Chief Constable is Simon Cole.
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[edit] History
Leicestershire Constabulary was formed in 1839. In 1951 it amalgamated with Rutland Constabulary to form Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary and in 1967 merged with Leicester City Police to form Leicester and Rutland Constabulary. After the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974 it was once more renamed Leicestershire Constabulary.
In 1965, Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary had an establishment of 748 officers and an actual strength of 659.[1]
Proposals made by the Home Secretary on 20 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. These plans were dropped in 2007.[2]
[edit] Local Policing Units
The local policing units for Leicestershire Constabulary are as follows:
City:
- City Centre - Belgrave Gate
- Spinney Hill Park (in the Highfields) - Formerly known as Asfordby Street
- Welford Road
- Hinckley Road
- Beaumont Leys
- Keyham Lane
Counties:
- North West Leicestershire
- Loughborough
- Charnwood
- Melton
- Rutland
- Blaby
- Hinckley
- Harborough
- Oadby and Wigston
[edit] Officers killed in the line of duty
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 Leicestershire Constabulary are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime, since the turn of the 20th century:[3]
- PC Bryan Reginald Moore and PC Andrew Carl Munn, 2002 (fatally injured when their vehicle was rammed during a police pursuit)
- Sgt Brian Dawson, 1975 (shot dead upon arrival at reports of a man firing into the street)
- PC William Adiel Wilkinson, 1903 (shot dead in ambush by men who bore police a grudge)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The Thin Blue Line, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965
- ^ "Politics | Police forces 'to be cut to 24'". BBC News. 2006-03-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4825524.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ http://www.policememorial.org.uk/Forces/Leicestershire/Leicestershire_Roll.htm
[edit] See also
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