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Cheshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton (including Runcorn, and Widnes) and Warrington. It was proposed by the Home Secretary on 6 February 2006 that Cheshire should merge with the Merseyside Police, to form a strategic police force,[1] but these proposals were later abandoned. The Chief Constable of the Cheshire Constabulary as of 2009 is David Whatton. He was appointed on 23 October 2008, and was previously the Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police. The Deputy Chief Constable is Graeme Gerrard. The two Assistant Chief Constables are Philip Thompson - Investigations and Ian Wiggett (temporary) - Neighbourhoods.
[edit] HistoryFormed in 1857 it is now responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km2) 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 and the new Cheshire Constabulary was officially formed on 20 April 1857. 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. 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 complex at Clemonds Hey, Winsford. In 1965, it had an establishment of 1,359 and an actual strength of 1,329.[2] The Museum of Policing in Cheshire preserves and researches the heritage of policing in the county. [edit] Organisation[edit] Force structureBefore 2004, six divisions existed based on the district/unitary council areas: In late 2004 the structure was changed with three Areas, known as Basic Command Units (BCUs). Each BCU is headed by a Chief Superintendent.
[edit] Basic command unit structureEach area has several specialist teams, namely:
[edit] Headquarters-based teamsTo support the BCUs, several centralised teams operate from the headquarters:
[edit] Road policingThe Cheshire road system is made up of 3,417 miles (5,499 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, which has 23 interchanges and 4 service areas. The M6 motorway across the Thelwall Viaduct carries 140,000 vehicles every 24 hours. Delays and incidents on the motorway can have a severe impact on the economic life of the entire North West Region[3]. [edit] CreamfieldsCheshire Constabulary is responsible for policing the annual Creamfields dance and music festival that takes place over the August bank holiday weekend every year at Daresbury, close to Warrington. [edit] Air operations unitSince December 2001 Cheshire Police have operated a Britten-Norman Islander fixed-wing aircraft, 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. The aircraft is operated by a team 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. On 27 February 2009, the Constabulary confirmed that the Home Office had agreed to jointly fund the purchase of a new £1 million Eurocopter Aircraft. Which will be operational 24 hours a day.[4] [edit] Crime statisticsCheshire Constabulary's crime statistics for recorded crimes are[5]:
[edit] Cheshire Constabulary and the mediaDuring 2005/06, the force was featured in the BBC TV series Traffic Cops[6]. Former Chief Constable Peter Fahy called for the legal age of buying alcohol to increase to the age of 21 as a result of the Garry Newlove murder in 2007.[7]. [edit] See also[edit] External links[edit] References
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