The British Transport Police is a national special police force that polices railways and light-rail systems in England,Wales and Scotland,for which it has entered into an agreement to provide such services. The force is funded primarily by the rail industry,and does not receive central government funding. British Transport Police officers do not have jurisdiction in Northern Ireland unless working under mutual aid arrangements for the Police Service of Northern Ireland,in which case any duties performed on a railway will be merely incidental to working as a constable in Northern Ireland.
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom:England and Wales,Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most law enforcement is carried out by police officers serving in regional police services within one of those jurisdictions. These regional services are complemented by UK-wide agencies,such as the National Crime Agency and the national specialist units of certain territorial police forces,such as the Specialist Operations directorate of the Metropolitan Police.
Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall in England. The force serves approximately 1.77 million people over an area of 3,967 square miles (10,270 km2).
Surrey Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Surrey in South East England.
South Yorkshire Police (SYP) is the territorial police force responsible for policing South Yorkshire in England. The force is led by Chief Constable Lauren Poultney. Oversight is conducted by Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings.
The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom,established to support police by providing expertise in such areas as information technology,information sharing,and recruitment.
Dame Sara Joanne Thornton,is the current UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. She was appointed by the Home Secretary at the time,Sajid Javid,in succession to Kevin Hyland who left the post in May 2018.
The United Kingdom is made up of four constituent countries:England,Scotland,Wales,and Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland,all police officers carry firearms. In the rest of the United Kingdom,only some police officers carry firearms;that duty is instead carried out by specially-trained firearms officers. This originates from the formation of the Metropolitan Police Service in the 19th century,when police were not armed,partly to counter public fears and objections over armed enforcers as this had been previously seen due to the British Army maintaining order when needed. The arming of police in Great Britain is a perennial topic of debate.
Timothy John Brain was the chief constable of Gloucestershire from 2001 to 1 January 2010. He was previously Deputy Chief Constable from 1998.
Alan Roy Billings is an Anglican priest and Labour politician who is currently the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Rotherham is a large market and minster town in South Yorkshire,England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. Rotherham is also the third largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield and Doncaster,which it is located between.
Sir Kenneth Lloyd Jones QPM is a British former police officer. He was a Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police in Australia,former President of Association of Chief Police Officers for England,Wales and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom and Senior Investigator of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong. Sir Ken Jones is a former President of Association of Chief Police Officers and presently defence &security advisor at the British Embassy in Washington DC. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2000 and was knighted for services to policing in 2009.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) is a national law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's lead agency against organised crime;human,weapon and drug trafficking;cybercrime;and economic crime that goes across regional and international borders;but it can be tasked to investigate any crime. The NCA has a strategic role in which it looks at the bigger picture across the UK,analysing how criminals are operating and how they can be disrupted. To do this,it works closely with regional organised crime units (ROCUs),local police forces,and other government departments and agencies.
Peter Vaughan,is a Welsh public servant and retired police chief. He served as the Chief Constable of South Wales Police from January 2010 to December 2017 and is currently Lord Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan.
Peter Wright was the Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police force from 1983 to 1990. During that period members of the force he commanded clashed with striking miners during the UK miners' strike (1984–85) and were responsible for the Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield on 15 April 1989 when the Hillsborough disaster occurred,where 97 fans were unlawfully killed.
Shaun Wright is a British politician. He was the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2014. He was the first person to hold the post,to which he was elected as a Labour Party candidate on 15 November 2012. As he held a senior position in child services during the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal,he faced continual calls to resign. This resulted in his resignation from the Labour Party on 28 August and from his post on 16 September 2014.
Timothy Stancliffe Hollis,CBE,QPM is a retired British police officer who was Chief Constable of Humberside Police and Vice-President of the Association of Chief Police Officers. Before joining the police,he served in the British Army as an officer of the Parachute Regiment.
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner of the South Yorkshire Police in South Yorkshire. The post was created on 21 November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the South Yorkshire Police Authority. The current South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner is Alan Billings of the Labour Party,who was elected in 2014 and again in 2016. The role was created in 2012 and the initial office holder was Shaun Wright,who resigned on 16 September 2014. The police and crime commissioner is required to produce a strategic South Yorkshire Police and Crime Plan,setting out the priorities for the South Yorkshire Police,and their work is scrutinised by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel.
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a 2014 by-election on 30 October 2014 for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the South Yorkshire Police region of the United Kingdom. It was triggered by the resignation of Shaun Wright,the inaugural South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner,who stepped down from the position on 16 September 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. Wright had been head of children's services in Rotherham between 2005 and 2010,while events surrounding the scandal were taking place. The Labour candidate,Alan Billings,was elected.
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) is a national coordination body for law enforcement in the United Kingdom and the representative body for British police chief officers. Established on 1 April 2015,it replaced the former Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO),following the Parker Review of the operations of ACPO.
