North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire Police
North Yorkshire Police
Abbreviation	NYP
	Logo of the North Yorkshire Police
Agency overview
Formed	1974
Annual budget	£148.3m
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	Police area of North Yorkshire, York, UK
	Map of North Yorkshire Police's jurisdiction.
Size	8,310 km²
Population	0.813 million
General nature	Law enforcement; Civilian agency;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Newby Wiske, Northallerton
Sworn members	1,370(of which 158 are Special Constables)
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible	Julia Mulligan, (C)
Agency executive	Dave Jones, Chief Constable
Safer Neighbourhood Commands	6
Facilities
Stations	24
Custody Suites	4
Website
	www.northyorkshire.police.uk
Footnotes
	* Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. The force covers England's largest county and comprises three area command units. As of March 2013 the force had a strength of 1,370 police officers, 158 Special Constables,^[3] 173 PCSOs and 1,095 police staff.

History

The force was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was largely a successor to the York and North East Yorkshire Police, also taking part of the old West Riding Constabulary's area.

Proposals made by the Home Secretary on 21 March 2006 would have seen the force merge with West Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police to form a strategic police force for the entire region.^[4] However, these proposals were later dropped.^[5]

It was announced in January 2007 that the then Chief Constable, Della Cannings, would be retiring from the force on 16 May 2007 due to illness.^[6] Della Cannings made the headlines on a number of occasions. She was not allowed to purchase wine from Tesco in Northallerton in March 2004 until she had taken off her hat and epaulettes, as it was illegal to sell alcohol to on-duty police officers.^[7] In October 2006 it was revealed that more than £28,000 had been spent to refurbish a shower in her office.^[8]

On 19 April 2007, it was announced that Grahame Maxwell was to become the new Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police. Grahame Maxwell began his career with Cleveland Police and served in all ranks up to Chief Superintendent when he became District Commander in Middlesbrough. After completing the Strategic Command Course in 2000, he was appointed as an Assistant Chief Constable with West Yorkshire Police and during his four years there served as the ACC Specialist Operations and ACC Territorial Operations. Mr Maxwell was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable with South Yorkshire Police in January 2005 and become the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police on 17 May 2007.^[9]

Vehicles

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A North Yorkshire Police car responds to an emergency call

Currently, police vehicles used include the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra (normal local "Beat" cars). The "Traffic" section use the Volvo V70, Škoda Octavia and Subaru Impreza. Mercedes, Peugeot and Ford Transit police vans also present, as are Nissan 4x4s in some areas. The traffic section also use motorcycles. The force covers over 6,000 miles of road. The force has a new livery from March 2009, consisting of a high visibility panels of yellow and blue on all vehicles, new vehicles include Ford Focus estates and Ford Transit Connect vans, as well as BMW and Audi road policing units.