Merseyside Police is the police force covering Merseyside in North West England. The force came into being in 1974 when Merseyside was created. map of admin county File links The following pages link to this file: Merseyside Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency) Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency) Wirral South (UK Parliament constituency) Crosby (UK Parliament constituency) Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency... map of admin county File links The following pages link to this file: Merseyside Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency) Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency) Wirral South (UK Parliament constituency) Crosby (UK Parliament constituency) Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. ... North West England is one of the regions of England. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
The force operates under the supervision of the Merseyside Police Authority, which is made up of nine local councillors, three magistrates and five independent members. Police authority - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... A councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the U.K. and its former colonies. ... A magistrate is a civil or criminal (or both) judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. ...
The Authority was responsible for the appointment of Norman Bettison, who was connected with police operations covering up West Yorkshire Police's involvement in the Hillsborough disaster, as chief constable. The Hillsborough disaster was a deadly human crush that occurred on April 15, 1989, at Hillsborough, a football stadium in Sheffield, England, resulting in the loss of 96 lives. ...
MerseysidePolice is the Home Office police force responsible for policingMerseyside in North West England.
MerseysidePolice is divided into six Basic Command Units (BCUs), one in each of the metropolitan boroughs that make up Merseyside, and two BCUs for the City of Liverpool.
The force operates under the supervision of the MerseysidePolice Authority, which is made up of nine local councillors, three magistrates and five independent members.