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An ANPR equipped road policing unit pictured in 2013. GMP also operates a Road Policing Unit (RPU) responsible for all traffic policing in the county, which includes over 280 miles (450 km) of motorway. In 2009, the RPU's were divided into three strategic units, based at RPU 1 Leigh, RPU 2 Hyde & RPU 3 Chadderton.
RPUs work with the National Police Chiefs' Council roads policing strategy, Policing our Roads Together, [1] which has five strands: Casualty reduction. Counter-terrorism. Reducing anti-social use of the roads. Denying criminals the use of the roads. Public reassurance by high visibility patrolling of the road network.
When a police officer or a member of staff is in a collaborative (multi-constabulary) unit or department (such as the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit), the PNC code, which is a force identification number, is added to the collar number to prevent confusion between officers; e.g., 41-9999 would indicate a ...
The rollout started with Galway, Cork City, Dublin South Central, Meath/Westmeath and Limerick and has continued since March 2020. [2] In the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) each district is assigned a unique letter which are listed in the table below. Outside of the DMR, letters are assigned by division.
[2] [3] Thompson also wrote, “The government has had a partial view of policing in the last few years. It was very interested in terrorism and high-end threats but less focused on local crimes, which had been left for forces and police and crime commissioners to manage amid steep budget cuts.
The main responsibility of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau (GNRPB) is to improve road safety and reduce the incidence of fatal and serious injury on Ireland's roads. [5] Each Division of the Garda Síochána now has a Roads Policing Unit of its own, [6] with an additional regional unit assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan Region.
Todd grew up in Essex where he attended the Billericay School and later attended the University of Essex. [2] He graduated with a first class honours degree in government in 1989 and a master's degree in politics in 1994. [3] [4] The university named him the alumnus of the year in 2003 for his contributions to policing and the community. [5]
Sir Peter Martin Fahy QPM (born 18 January 1959 in London, England) is a retired senior British police officer. He was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), [2] the United Kingdom's third largest police force. He retired from the police force on 23 October 2015 after serving for 34 years. [3]