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Norfolk Constabulary
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Norfolk Constabulary
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/

The Norfolk Constabulary is the Home Office police force which covers the county of Norfolk in England. Wymondham (ˈwɪndəm is an historic Market town and Civil parish in the English County of Norfolk. The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It has approximately 1,500 police officers (2004). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Unlike the Metropolitan Police, the Norfolk Constabulary have a crested (or "comb") style custodian helmet instead of a plain one. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. Custodian helmet or centurion helmet is the correct name for the style of Helmet worn by many British police officers It is the traditional headgear

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History

The present force was constituted in 1968 when the Norwich City and Great Yarmouth Borough forces were merged with the Norfolk County Constabulary. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a Coastal Town in Norfolk, England. It was known as the Norfolk Joint Constabulary until 1974.

The Norfolk County Constabulary had been founded in 1839, under the County Police Act 1839, and was one of the first county forces to be formed. The County Police Act 1839 (2&3 Vict c 93 (also known as The Rural Police Act) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the Home Office Police force in England responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire Suffolk Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia, England. East Anglia is often used as a shorthand for the Kingdom of the East Angles. [1]. The Norfolk Police Authority was enthusiastic for the merger, the neighbouring forces were not. A police authority in the United Kingdom, is a body charged with securing efficient and effective Policing of an area served by a Territorial police force 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. Chief Constable is the title given to the Chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except the two responsible for Greater

On 2 January 2007, Ian McPherson became the new Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Originally from Lancashire, his previous position was Deputy Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police. Deputy Chief Constable ( DCC) is the second highest rank in all British territorial police forces (except the Metropolitan Police, in which the equivalent North Yorkshire Police is the Home Office police force covering the Non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the Unitary authority [2]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Detail from A Movable Rambling Police published by the Norfolk Constabulary and printed in Kings Lynn in 1989 with no ISBN


There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. King's Lynn is a town and Port in Norfolk, England. Over the years the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis
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