Nottinghamshire Police


Nottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. The area has a population of just over 1 million.
The force headquarters are found at Arnold. As of March 2013 the force had an establishment of 2,095 police officers, and 381 Special Constables.
The Chief Constable is Craig Guildford who has held the position since February 2017.
Nottinghamshire Police Authority was disbanded on 15 November 2012 when the first Police and Crime Commissioners were elected. Paddy Tipping was named as Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner on 16 November 2012.

Police Area

The Police Area covers the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, which contains the following local authorities:
Local AuthorityLarge towns/cities
BassetlawWorksop, Retford, Harworth
MansfieldMansfield, Warsop
Newark and SherwoodNewark-on-Trent, Ollerton, Southwell
AshfieldSutton-in-Ashfield, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Hucknall
GedlingArnold, Carlton
BroxtoweBeeston, Stapleford, Eastwood, Kimberley
NottinghamCity of Nottingham
RushcliffeWest Bridgford, Cotgrave, Bingham

Map showing Local Authorities within the Police Area.

History

Nottinghamshire Constabulary was established in 1840. The following year it absorbed Retford Borough Police. In 1947 it absorbed Newark-on-Trent Borough Police. In 1968 it amalgamated with Nottingham City Police to form Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary. On 1 April 1974 it was reconstituted as Nottinghamshire Police under the Local Government Act 1972, 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 Home Secretary in March 2006 would have seen the force merge with the other four East Midlands 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 Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary 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, the 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 the HMIC did not attempt to place the 43 police forces in England & Wales in a directly comparable league table, Nottinghamshire Police did give the HMIC cause for concern. The media portrayed the analysis as showing the force as the 'worst in England & Wales'.

List of Chief Constables

Chief Constables were:
; Nottingham Constabulary
;Nottinghamshire Constabulary
The force used to be split into four divisions;
These four divisions are still relevant today.

Response

In April 2018 the force restructured under the new Chief Constable, Craig Guildford, and moved back 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 2 response divisions:
As part of the restructure, the organisation moved response teams back locally, increasing the number of response bases from 9 to 20.
Each Division was managed by a Demand Management Inspector who is responsible for demand on their area.

Custody suites

There are 2 custody suites across the force: Bridewell and Mansfield Newark custody suite has recently be closed, however is able to be reopened if there is operational need.
The Bridewell is due to be replaced

Neighbourhood Policing

Each local authority area is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team. Each Neighbourhood policing team is run by a Neighbourhood Policing Inspector, also referred to as the district commander.
Operational Support Policing for the force between 2015 and May 2018 was provided by the East Midlands Operational Support Service, 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. The newly formed Operational Support department is led by Superintendent Steve Cartwright. Supt Cartwright is a Strategic Firearms Commander and Public Order Silver Commander. He is the force lead for Football Policing and Public Order.
Air Support for the force is provided by the National Police Air Service 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, the North Midlands Helicopter Support Unit.

Notable officers

The Police Memorial Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty, and since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials 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: