| Leicestershire Police | |
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| Motto | Protecting our communities |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1839; 186 years ago (1839) |
| Employees | 3256 |
| Annual budget | £169.6 million |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Leicestershire,Leicester,Rutland, UK |
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| Map of Leicestershire Police's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 2,538 km2 (980 square miles) |
| Population | Over 1 million |
| Operational structure | |
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| Headquarters | Enderby |
| Sworn members | 2,089 (of which 304 areSpecial Constables)[1] |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | |
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| Child agency | |
| Local policing units | 15 |
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Leicestershire Police is theterritorial police force responsible for policing the counties ofLeicestershire andRutland inEngland. Its headquarters are atEnderby, Leicestershire.
Leicestershire Police was formed in 1839. In 1951 it amalgamated with Rutland Constabulary to formLeicestershire and Rutland Constabulary and in 1967 merged withLeicester City Police to formLeicester and Rutland Constabulary. After theLocal Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974 it was renamed Leicestershire Constabulary. In 2012 it changed to Leicestershire Police to be 'in keeping with modern policing'.[2]
In 1965, Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary had an establishment of 748 officers and an actual strength of 659.[3]
Proposals made by theHome Secretary on 20 March 2006, would have seen the force merge with the other fourEast Midlands forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region. These plans were dropped in 2007.[4]
In 2015, the force attempted to carry out a covertCCTVface recognition surveillance operation at theDownload Festival, in which festival-goers would have their faces compared with a database of custody images, and only informed about the surveillance afterwards. The operation was inadvertently revealed in the magazinePolice Oracle before the festival took place.[5] The aim of the operation was to identify organised gangs of pickpockets deliberately targeting festivals across Europe.
As of November 2022[update] thechief constable is Rob Nixon.[6][failed verification]
The chief constables of Leicestershire have been:[7]
ThePolice Roll of Honour Trust andPolice Memorial Trust list and commemorate all British police officers killed in the line of duty. Since its establishment in 1984, the Police Memorial Trust has erected 50 memorials nationally to some of those officers.
The following officers of Leicestershire Police are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime:[13]
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The local policing units for Leicestershire Police are as follows:
City:
County:
On 20 September 1968 the Leicester and Rutland Police Authority were granted armorial bearings by theCollege of Arms. The arms are blazoned as follows:
Per fess Azure and Vert, on a fess Argent between in chief two cinquefoils pierced Ermine and in base a horseshoe Or, a fox courant proper.[16]
The shield featured charges from the arms of the three areas policed by the authority: a fox from the crest of Leicestershire County Council, ermine pierced cinquefoils from the arms of the City of Leicester and a golden horseshoe for Rutland County Council. Following local government reorganisation in 1974 the arms were transferred to Leicestershire County Council for the use of the police committee by royal licence dated 18 November 1974.[17] With the introduction ofpolice and crime commissioners in 2012 replacing the role of the county council, the arms were transferred a second time on 12 February 2013 to the Chief Constable of Leicestershire as acorporation sole for the use of the Leicestershire Police.[18]
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) conducts a periodic police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspection of each police service's performance. In its latest PEEL inspection, Leicestershire Police was rated as follows:[19]
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