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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.
South East Region Organised Crime Unit; South West Region Organised Crime Unit; Metropolitan Police Service Specialist, Organised and Economic Crime Command; Eastern Region Special Operations Unit; East Midlands Special Operations Unit; West Midland Regional Organised Crime Unit; Southern Wales Regional Organised Crime Unit
These are units which do not have an independent existence, but are units of another police force. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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)
The Metropolitan Police is one of the forces after facing criticism over a number of issues.
A Basic Command Unit (BCU) is the largest unit into which territorial British Police forces are divided. BCU replaces the earlier terms Sub-Division and Division that had been in use since the 1880s. BCUs may alternatively be called an Area Command or a Division.