Avon and Somerset Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the five unitary authority areas of Bristol,Bath and North East Somerset,North Somerset,Somerset,and South Gloucestershire,all in South West England.
Cleveland Police is a territorial police force in England responsible for the policing the boroughs of Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire and Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham within North East England. The force is overseen by the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner. Since 2022,the chief constable has been Mark Webster.
Durham Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the council areas of County Durham and Darlington in North East England. It does not cover all of the ceremonial or historic area of Durham,parts of which are covered by the neighbouring forces of Cleveland Police and Northumbria Police. The other neighbouring forces are Cumbria Constabulary to the west and North Yorkshire Police to the south.
Humberside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the East Riding of Yorkshire,including Kingston upon Hull,and northern parts of Lincolnshire,including Grimsby and Scunthorpe.
Sir Ronald Flanagan is a retired senior Northern Irish police officer. He was the Home Office Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the United Kingdom excluding Scotland. Sir Ronnie was previously the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) since its creation in 2001 to 2002,and had been Chief Constable of its predecessor,the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) until 2001.
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &Rescue Services (HMICFRS),formerly Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC),has statutory responsibility for the inspection of the police forces of England and Wales,and since July 2017 the fire and rescue services of England. HMICFRS is headed by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Chief Inspector of Fire &Rescue Services. It has taken over the responsibilities of His Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate.
West Yorkshire Police,formerly the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police,is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire,England. It is the fourth largest territorial police force in England and Wales by number of officers.
Tayside Police was a territorial police force covering the Scottish council areas of Angus,Dundee City and Perth and Kinross until 1 April 2013,at which point it was subsumed into Police Scotland. The total area covered by the force was 2,896 square miles (7,500 km2) with a population of 388,000. The force operated from 27 police stations and has an establishment of 1078 police officers,151 special constables and 594 support staff,as of February 2008. Tayside Police was Scotland's fourth-largest police force.
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 area of England. The area has a population of just over 1 million.
Suffolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia,England. The force serves a population of 761,000 in a mostly rural area of 1,466 square miles,including 49 miles of coastline and the Southern part of the Broads National Park. Headquartered in Martlesham,Suffolk is responsible for Ipswich,Lowestoft,Bury St Edmunds and Felixstowe. As of March 2023,the force has a strength of approximately 1,399 police officers,116 special constables,917 police staff/designated officers,33 PCSO's and 123 police support volunteers. The Chief Constable is currently Rachel Kearton,and the Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore (Conservative).
Julie Spence,is a retired British police officer and activist. She served as the Chief Constable for Cambridgeshire Constabulary from 10 December 2005 to 5 September 2010,and made headline news over demanding fairer funding due to the rise in migration and immigration in Cambridgeshire.
Sir Stephen House is a British police officer who served as Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2022. After beginning his career at Sussex Police in 1981,House held positions in Northamptonshire Police and West Yorkshire Police,then became Assistant Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police in 1998. In 2001,he joined the Metropolitan Police as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner,remaining there until 2007,when he was appointed Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police.
Police Scotland,officially the Police Service of Scotland,is the national police force of Scotland. It was formed in 2013,through the merging of eight regional police forces in Scotland,as well as the specialist services of the Scottish Police Services Authority,including the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency. Although not formally absorbing it,the merger also resulted in the winding down of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland.
Dame Lynne Gillian Owens,is a senior police officer in the United Kingdom. She was made interim Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in September 2022 before being confirmed as that role's permanent holder in February 2023,the first-ever such female holder.
Philip Michael Christopher Gormley,is a British former senior police officer. He is the current CEO for EACH based in Norfolk,England.
Derek Penman,QPM,was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland between January 2014 and March 2018. In his position,he was succeeded by Gill Imery,the first female in this roll.
Suzette Louise Davenport is a retired British police officer who is the former chief constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary. She was appointed in 2013,becoming the first woman to serve in the role;prior to this,she had held various other policing roles. She retired in 2017,having served thirty years as a police officer.
Sir Iain Thomas Livingstone,is a Scottish retired police officer who served as Chief Constable of Police Scotland. He was previously Deputy Chief Constable Designate of the force. He was named as the next Chief Constable on 15 August 2018 and took up office formally on 27 August 2018. He retired from Police Scotland in August 2023.
Lee Freeman is a retired British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Humberside Police until July 2023.
Operation Kenova is an ongoing criminal investigation into whether the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland failed to investigate as many as 18 murders in order to protect a high level double agent codenamed Stakeknife who worked for the Force Research Unit,while at the same time he was deeply embedded and trusted within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The investigation started in 2017,headed up by Jon Boutcher the former Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police until his appointment as Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2023. It is now led by Iain Livingstone,former Chief Constable of Police Scotland.
