Norfolk Constabulary
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| Norfolk Constabulary | |
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 Norfolk Constabulary area |
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| Area | Norfolk |
| Size | 5,371 km² |
| Population | 0.8 million |
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| Formed | 1968 |
| HQ | Wymondham |
| Budget | {{{budget}}} |
| Officers | 1,554 |
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| Stations | 31 |
| Chief Constable | Ian McPherson |
| Website | http://www.norfolk.police.uk/ |
The Norfolk Constabulary is the Home Office police force which covers the county of Norfolk in England. It has approximately 1,500 police officers (2004).
Unlike the Metropolitan Police, the Norfolk Constabulary have a crested (or "comb") style custodian helmet instead of a plain one.
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[edit] History
The present force was constituted in 1968 when the Norwich City and Great Yarmouth Borough forces were merged with the Norfolk County Constabulary. It was known as the Norfolk Joint Constabulary until 1974.
The Norfolk County Constabulary had been founded in 1839, under the County Police Act 1839, and was one of the first county forces to be formed.
Proposals made by the Home Secretary on March 20, 2006 would see the force merge with neighbouring forces Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Suffolk Constabulary to form a strategic police force for East Anglia. [1]. The Norfolk Police Authority was enthusiastic for the merger, the neighbouring forces were not. With the announcement in July 2006 by the Home Office that the principle of merger was under review, the Norfolk Constabulary announced their intention to recruit a permanent Chief Constable, a process that they had delayed while merger was likely.
On 2 January 2007, Ian McPherson became the new Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary. Originally from Lancashire, his previous position was Deputy Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police.[2]
[edit] Bibliography
- A Movable Rambling Police: An Official History of Policing in Norfolk. By Brian David Butcher (Includes black and white photographic plates).[1]
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Detail from A Movable Rambling Police published by the Norfolk Constabulary and printed in Kings Lynn in 1989 with no ISBN
