Nottinghamshire Police is the

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responsible for policing the

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Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

and the

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in the

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area of England. The area has a

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of just over 1 million. The force headquarters are at Arnold. As of April 2022, the force had 2,238

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s, 1,465 police staff including PCSOs, around 163 special constables, 113 police support volunteers, 19 student placement volunteers and 131 police cadets. The chief constable is Kate Meynell, appointed from nearby

Derbyshire Constabulary Derbyshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Derbyshire, England. The force covers an area of over with a population of just under one million. Organisation and structure To police the county ...

in December 2022, who followed Craig Guildford, in-post since February 2017. Nottinghamshire

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, which governed the force, was disbanded in November 2012, when the first

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was elected.

Police area

The police area covers the ceremonial county of

, which contains the following local authorities: Map showing Local Authorities within the Police Area.

History

Nottinghamshire Constabulary was established in 1840. The following year it absorbed

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. In 1947, it absorbed

Newark-on-Trent Borough Police Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road bypasses the town on the line of th ...

. In 1968 it amalgamated with

Nottingham City Police Nottingham City Police, originally founded as the Borough of Nottingham Police, was a UK police force created under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 in the style of Robert Peel's Metropolitan Police which initially launched in 1836. This initi ...

to form Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary. On 1 April 1974, it was reconstituted as Nottinghamshire Police under the

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, but retained the name Nottinghamshire Constabulary on all signage, uniform and vehicles until the early 21st century. In 1965, Nottinghamshire Constabulary had an establishment of 1,026 officers and an actual strength of 798. Proposals made by the

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in March 2006, would have seen the force merge with the other four

forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region. However, in July 2006 the proposed merger was cancelled. In June 2006, the force was declared effective and efficient by

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(HMIC) after five years of intense scrutiny. In 2009, a performance assessment carried out by the government ranked the force's operational area as the third worst in the country. In March 2010, HMIC rated the force as 'poor' in three reviewed areas of, 'Local Policing', 'Confidence' and 'Protecting from Harm'. Nottinghamshire Police were the only force in England & Wales to receive such a rating. Although HMIC did not attempt to place the 43 police forces in England & Wales in a directly comparable league table (due to difficulties in comparing a large city force with a small rural force), Nottinghamshire Police did give HMIC cause for concern. The media portrayed the analysis as showing the force as the 'worst in England & Wales'.

Chief constables

Chief constables were: ; Nottingham City / Borough of Nottingham Police *18141833 Richard Birth *1833? William Barnes *18601865 Joseph Hedington *18651869 John Freeman (former chief constable of Plymouth) *18691872 Captain F. Parry *18721881 Major William Henry Poyntz (appointed chief constable of Essex) *18811892 Samuel Stevens (former chief constable of Rochdale) *18921912 Phillip Stephen Clay (former chief constable of Southampton) *19121930 Lt. Col. F. Lemon *19301959 Captain

Athelstan Popkess Captain Athelstan Horn Popkess (23 November 1893 – 29 April 1967) was Chief Constable of Nottingham City Police from 1930 to 1959 and as a result of his transformations in modernising policing could be considered the twentieth century's g ...

*19601968 Thomas Moore In 1968, Nottingham City Police merged with Nottinghamshire Constabulary ; ;Nottinghamshire County Constabulary *1852 Peter Valetine Hatton (dismissed for inefficiency)Nottinghamshire Archives Office C/QSM/1/46 7th April 1852 *18521856 Captain John Henry Forrest (later appointed chief constable of Hampshire) *18561892 Captain

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*18921922 Captain Sir William Hugh Tomasson *19491970 John Edward Stevenson Browne *19701976 Rex Fletcher *19761987 Charles McLachlan *19871990 Sir

Ronald Hadfield Sir Ronald Hadfield (15 July 1939 – 31 January 2013) was the Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police from June 1990 until July 1996. He had previously served with Lancashire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police and Derbyshire Cons ...

(knighted in

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) *19901995 Sir Dan Crompton *19952000 Colin Bailey *20002008 Steven Green *20082012 Julia Hodson *20122016 Chris Eyre *20162017

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(acting chief constable ) *20172022 Craig Guildford *2022present Kate Meynell

Officers killed in the line of duty

The

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lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty, and since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials nationally to some of those officers. The following officers of Nottinghamshire Police are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime, since the turn of the 20th century: *Sergeant Ernest Crowston, 1921 (fatally injured attempting to stop a speeding vehicle) *PC Raymond Free, 1950 (collapsed after attending a domestic disturbance) *PC Stephen Atkinson 1977 (Fatally injured in an accident when hit by a car while on point duty) *PC Christopher John MacDonald, 1978 (beaten and drowned by burglar) *PC

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, 2003 (fatally injured when dragged by a stolen vehicle)

Divisional structure

In April 2018, the force restructured under chief constable Craig Guildford, and moved to a local policing model. Response teams moved back in alignment with local authority areas and local council boundaries. The force was then split into two response divisions: * North (Bassetlaw, Newark & Sherwood, Mansfield, Ashfield, Gedling, City North) * South (City Central, City south, Broxtowe Borough, Rushcliffe Borough). As part of the restructure, the organisation moved response teams back locally, increasing the number of response bases from nine to 20. Each Division was managed by a Demand Management Inspector (DMI) who is responsible for demand on their area.

Custody suites

There are two custody suites across the force: Bridewell (70 cells) and Mansfield (30 cells) Newark custody suite has recently closed, however is able to be reopened if there is operational need.

Neighbourhood policing

Each local authority area is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT). Each Neighbourhood policing team is run by a neighbourhood policing inspector, also referred to as the district commander.

Operational Support

Operational support policing for the force between 2015 and May 2018 was provided by the East Midlands Operational Support Service (EMOpSS), a multi-force alliance which provides roads policing, police dogs, armed response and other specialist services over Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. In May 2018, Operational Support Policing withdrew from the regional collaboration and a new department was established. Air support for the force is provided by the

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, who closed the former Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire Air Support Unit at Ripley in early 2015. Cover is now provided from further afield using the nearest available aircraft. This function was previously supplied to the force by a joint venture with

Derbyshire Police Derbyshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Derbyshire, England. The force covers an area of over with a population of just under one million. Organisation and structure To police the county ...

, the North Midlands Helicopter Support Unit. In 2020, the air support has also been provided by a fixed-wing aircraft flying out of Doncaster-Sheffield airport.

Dog theft

In March 2021, Nottinghamshire Police became the first police force in the United Kingdom to appoint a dedicated dog theft lead, following increased rates of dog abductions during the

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. The inspector would take a leading role in investigating cases of

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, work with Nottinghamshire Police’s Dog Section to produce advice for owners on how to keep their

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safe, and develop a 'Canine Coalition’ with dog welfare organisations to work together to both tackle the scourge of dog theft locally, and lobby Government for tougher sentences for dognappers. On 15 March 2021, Chief Inspector Amy Styles-Jones was appointed to the role.

PEEL inspection

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(HMICFRS) conducts a periodic police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspection of each police service's performance. In its latest PEEL inspection, Nottinghamshire Police was rated as follows:

Footnotes

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