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Two nations of the United Kingdom, Scotland and Northern Ireland, have national police forces. The third legal jurisdiction, made up of the nations of England and Wales is split up into a number of police forces. The breakdown of all territorial police forces across the United Kingdom by jurisdiction is as follows:
Territorial police force Essex Police: County of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock: 3,678 [1] £320.2 [2] 3,670: 1969 East of England: England and Wales: Territorial police force Gloucestershire Constabulary: County of Gloucestershire: 1,279 [1] £126.9 [2] 3,150: 1839 South West England: England and Wales ...
As all police forces are autonomous organisations there is much variation in organisation and nomenclature; however, outlined below are the main strands of policing that makes up police forces: All police forces have teams of officers who are responsible for general beat duties and response to emergency and non-emergency calls from the public.
List of UK police forces – Police.uk This page was last edited on 21 October 2024, at 15:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Police authorities in England and Wales were abolished in November 2012, and replaced with directly elected police and crime commissioners, and those in Scotland were merged in April 2013 to form the Scottish Police Authority as part of the creation of Police Scotland, the single police force for Scotland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland ...
Port police forces of the United Kingdom (1 C, 11 P) S. Law enforcement agencies of Scotland (1 C, 10 P) W. Law enforcement agencies of Wales (1 C, 4 P)
West Midlands Police, one of Britain's biggest police forces which serves the second city of Birmingham, reduced its X posts by around 95% in annual terms in that period.
The main geographical area covered by the Met, the Metropolitan Police District, consists of the 32 London boroughs, [13] and excludes the square mile of the City of London – a largely non-residential and financial district, overseen by the City of London Police. As the force responsible for the majority of the UK's capital, the Met has ...