Formed 1839 Size 2,232 km² Address Durham DH1 5TT, UK Number of employees 2,910 Annual budget 112.3 million GBP | Volunteers 126 Population 595,308 Phone +44 345 606 0365 Founded 1839 | |
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Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Similar Northumb Police, Northumb Police ‑ Houghton, Durham, Cleveland Police, British Transport Police Profiles | ||
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Durham Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of County Durham and the unitary authority of Darlington. The force covers the 2,232 km² of the county which has a resident population of 595,308. It is one of the smaller forces of the 43 territorial police forces that service England and Wales. Durham is Home Office force 11.
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- History
- Officers killed in the line of duty
- References
Durham Constabulary is managed by Chief Constable Michael Barton and his Executive Team, comprising Deputy Chief Constable Michael Banks, Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Dave Orford and Assistant Chief Officer Gary Ridley.
The force operates through a number of functional commands: Neighbourhood Policing, Response Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice, Tasking and Co-ordination and Support Services, which all report to the Executive Team.
Since 2010 Durham Constabulary and neighbouring Cleveland Police have shared road policing and firearms teams through a joint Specialist Operations Unit. These officers are based at Wynyard Park Business Park and Spennymoor. Durham and Cleveland Police have shared a Tactical Training Centre in Urlay Nook, near Durham Tees Valley Airport, since 2001.
Durham Constabulary actively take part in a neighbour hood watch scheme led by PCSO Timothy Thompson. A neighbourhood watch app is currently in early stages of development.
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History
Durham Constabulary was one of the first county police forces to be set up, built in 1839. The force absorbed Durham City Police (formed in 1836) in 1921, Hartlepool Borough Police (formed in 1851) in 1947, Sunderland Borough Police (formed in 1837) in 1967, and Gateshead Borough Police (formed in 1836) and South Shields Borough Police (formed in 1839) in 1968, when it also lost some of its area to Teesside Constabulary.
In 1965, the force had an establishment of 1,763 and an actual strength of 1,626.
Under the Local Government Act 1972, in 1974, the northern area of the force (including Gateshead, Sunderland and South Shields) became part of Northumbria Police, with Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees in the south-east going to Cleveland Constabulary
Officers killed in the line of duty
The Police Roll of Honour Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty. The Police Memorial Trust since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.
Since 1960 the following officers of Durham Constabulary were killed while attempting to prevent or stop a crime in progress: