Norfolk Constabulary
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Norfolk Constabulary
Coverage
Norfolk Constabulary area
Area	Norfolk
Size	5,371 km²
Population	0.8 million
Operations
Formed	1968
HQ	Wymondham
Budget	{{{budget}}}
Officers	1,554
Divisions
Stations	31
Chief Constable	Ian McPherson
Website	http://www.norfolk.police.uk/

Norfolk Constabulary is the Home Office police force which covers the county of Norfolk in England. It has approximately 1,500 police officers (2004).

History

Norfolk Constabulary was founded in 1839 under the County Police Act 1839, and was one of the first county forces to be formed.

In 1965, it had an establishment of 636 officers and an actual strength of 529.¹

In 1968 it amalgamated with Norwich City Police and Great Yarmouth Borough Police to form Norfolk Joint Constabulary. In 1974 it returned to the name Norfolk Constabulary.

Proposals made by the Home Secretary on March 20, 2006 would see the force merge with neighbouring forces Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Suffolk Constabulary to form a strategic police force for East Anglia.² The Norfolk Police Authority was enthusiastic for the merger, but the neighbouring forces were not. With the announcement in July 2006 by the Home Office that the principle of merger was under review, the Norfolk Constabulary announced their intention to recruit a permanent Chief Constable, a process that they had delayed while merger was likely.

On 2 January 2007, Ian McPherson became the new Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary. Originally from Lancashire, his previous position was Deputy Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police.³

Bibliography

• A Movable Rambling Police: An Official History of Policing in Norfolk, by Brian David Butcher (Includes black and white photographic plates).⁴

Footnotes

See also

• Police Forces of the UK
• UK Police Ranks

External links

• Norfolk Constabulary