Cheshire Constabulary
Cheshire Constabulary area
Coverage
Area	Cheshire
Size	946
Population	980,000
Operations
Formed	1974
HQ	Clemonds Hey Winsford
Officers	2,207
Divisions/Areas/BCUs	3
Stations	24
Chief Constable	Peter Fahy
Website	Cheshire Police

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Under proposals made by the Home Secretary on February 6, 2006, it would merge with Merseyside Police to form a strategic police force. [1] These proposals have now been abandoned. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Merseyside Merseyside Police is the police force covering Merseyside in North West England. ...

The current Chief Constable of the Cheshire Constabulary is Mr Peter Fahy. The current Deputy Chief Constable is Mr Graeme Gerrard. The two Assistant Chief Constables are Mr Gary Shewan and Mr David Baines.

History

Formed in 1857 it is now responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,328.5 square kilometres) with a population of 980,000. The first Chief Constable was Captain Thomas Johnnes Smith, late of the Bedfordshire Militia. The first full Cheshire Police Committee met at the Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe, on 3 February 1857 under the Chairmanship of Mr Trafford Trafford and the new Cheshire Constabulary was officially formed on 20 April 1857. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The first Headquarters was established at 4 Seller Street, Chester. In 1862 this office was removed to 1 Egerton Street, Chester and remained there until 1870, when it was removed to 113 Foregate Street, Chester. In 1893 the Court of Quarter Sessions approved the building of a new Headquarters which was erected at 142 Foregate Street, at a cost not exceeding £2,000 and this continued to be used, together with the adjoining buildings, until 1967. In 1967 a new purpose built Headquarters was opened at Nuns Road, Chester. This building served the Constabulary until 2004 when the Headquarters building moved to a purpose built state of the art complex at Clemonds Hey, Winsford. For the larger local government district, see City of Chester. ... For the larger local government district, see City of Chester. ... For the larger local government district, see City of Chester. ... For the larger local government district, see City of Chester. ...

The Museum of Policing in Cheshire preserves and researches the heritage of policing in the county.

Organisation

Force structure

Prior to 2004 six divisions existed based on the district/unitary council areas:

• Congleton & Vale Royal
• Crewe
• Halton
• Macclesfield
• Warrington
• Chester & Ellesmere Port

In late 2004 the structure was changed with three Areas, known as Basic Command Units (BCUs). Each BCU is headed by a Chief Superintendent. Congleton Town Hall Congleton is a town in the county of Cheshire in the north west of England, on the banks of the River Dane, and to the west of the Macclesfield Canal. ... Vale Royal is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, North West England. ... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Halton is a borough in North West England, administered by a unitary authority. ... Macclesfield Town Hall St. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For the larger local government district, see City of Chester. ... Arms of the former Ellesmere Port Borough Council Ellesmere Port is an industrial town in the district of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire, England, situated in the south of the Wirral Peninsula on the estuary of the River Mersey, to the north of Chester. ... A Basic Command Unit (BCU) is the largest unit into which territorial British Police forces are divided. ...

• Northern Area, covering Warrington and Halton Unitary Areas
  • Runcorn
  • Warrington Central
  • Warrington East (Risley Police Station)
  • Warrington South (Stockton Heath Police Station)
  • Warrington West (Great Sankey Police Station)
  • Widnes

• Eastern Area, covering the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe & Nantwich
  • Congleton
  • Crewe
  • Knutsford
  • Macclesfield
  • Nantwich
  • Wilmslow

• Western Area, covering the City of Chester and the boroughs of Vale Royal and Ellesmere Port & Neston
  • Chester Inner (Police Office, Town Hall)
  • Chester Outer (Chester Police Station)
  • Ellesmere Port and Neston
  • Northwich
  • Western Rural (Dragonhall, Mickle Trafford and Frodsham Police Stations)
  • Winsford

Chester is a local government district in Cheshire, North West England, with the status of a city. ...

Basic command unit structure

Each area has several specialist teams, namely:

• Neighbourhood Policing Units (NPUs), each with local Community Action Teams and investigation team. The NPUs concentrate on preventing and detecting local crime and targeting offenders, building contacts in the local community, resolving problems by working with local organisations and individuals, and being visible and accessible.
• Targeted Patrol Teams responding to emergency calls
• Specialist Investigation Units detect serious crime
• Demand Management Units ensure incidents are dealt with promptly and the public get a better service
• Public Protection Units look after the vulnerable
• Intelligence Units and Pro-active Policing Units target persistent criminals
• Partnership Development Units
• Custody Investigation Teams

Headquarters based-teams

To support the BCUs, several centralised teams operate from the headquarters:

• Central Roads Policing Unit
• Centralised Crime Recording Bureau
• Contingency Planning/Events Co-ordinators
• Force Major Investigation Team
• Specialised Support Units

Road policing

The Cheshire road system is made up of 3417 miles (5500 km) of highway. The constabulary is responsible for policing one of the longest stretches of motorway in Britain. The force patrols 214 miles (344 km) of the M6, M62, M53 and M56 motorways with 23 interchanges and four service areas. The M6 motorway in the across the Thelwall Viaduct carries some 140,000 vehicles per 24 hours. Delays and incidents on the motorway can have a severe impact on the economic life of the entire North West Region^[1]. This article concerns the M6 motorway in England. ... The M62 motorway connects the cities of Liverpool and Hull, in England. ... The M53 motorway is a major road in England, running from Wallasey on the opposite bank of the River Mersey to Liverpool, along the Wirral peninsula past Birkenhead and Ellesmere Port to just east of Chester, upon which motorway regulations end and it seamlessly becomes the A55 road, which continues... The M56 motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, is a major road in England. ...

Air operations unit

Since December 2001 Cheshire Police have operated a Britten-Norman Islander, registration G-CHEZ. This model of aircraft is used worldwide in a variety of roles. It is particularly suited to Police aviation as it is able to carry a wide range of equipment and stay airborne for long periods of time. This equipment allows it to operate during the day or night, in most weather conditions. It is cleared for flight in cloud and bad weather, but the majority of police operations require visual contact with the ground. If required, it can carry up to six persons. BN-2B Islander II operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter The Britten-Norman Islander (also known as the BN-2) is a light utility aircraft manufactured by Britten-Norman of Britain. ...

The aircraft is operated by a team comprising of civilian pilots, four police observers and one sergeant ensure the aircraft is available all year. The aircraft is used to conduct a wide range of policing work providing emergency responses to incidents involving threat to life, commission of crime and searching for missing persons. It also conducts deployments for non-crime searches, scene management at incidents and video evidence gathering.

Crime statistics

Cheshire Constabulary's crime statistics for recorded crimes are^[2]:

Cheshire Constabulary and the media

During 2005/06, the force was featured in the BBC TV series Traffic Cops ^[3]. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...

See also

• List of police forces in the United Kingdom
• Policing in the United Kingdom

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External links

• Cheshire Police
• Museum of Policing in Cheshire

References

1. ^ Road policing. Cheshire Police website. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
2. ^ Crime statistics. Cheshire Police website. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
3. ^ Traffic Cops. Cheshire Police website. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.