www.police.uk & www.online.police.uk

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http://www.police.uk & http://www.online.police.uk

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now available at http://www.acpo.police.uk/default.asp

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is the lead organisation for developing police policy in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPOS fulfills the same role in Scotland). In times of national need, for example terrorist attacks and civil emergencies, ACPO coordinate the strategic operational response and advises government. ACPO coordinates national police operations, major investigations, cross border policing and joint law emforcement task forces. ACPO designates Senior Investigative Officers for major investigations and appoints officers to head ACPO units specialising in various areas of policing and crime reduction. ACPO is now a statutory consultee.

ACPO is not a staff association, the staff asssociation for senior police officers being the Chief Police Officers Staff Association (CPOSA), a separate body. ACPO is currently led by Chief Constable Ken Jones QPM who was, until 2006, the chief constable of Sussex Police. He was elected to serve as President by his peers and will serve until 2009. ACPO's declared purpose:
"The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)is an independent, professionally led strategic body. In the public interest and, in equal and active partnership with Government and the Association of Police Authorities, ACPO leads and coordinates the direction and development of the police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In times of national need ACPO - on behalf of all chief officers - coordinates the strategic policing response."

The UK does not have a national police service - with the exception of the British Transport Police and the Ministry of Defence Police - but instead has separate police services in the forty-three force areas of England, Wales, eight force areas of Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland. The police officers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who hold the rank of Chief Constable, Deputy Chief Constable and Assistant Chief Constable (and Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Commander in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police) are members of ACPO. Certain senior non-police staff and senior members of national police agencies and certain other specialised and non-geographical forces in the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are also members. Scotland is covered by a separate organisation. As of July 2007 there are 341 members of ACPO. [1] ACPO is based at 10 Victoria Street, London.

Scotland has eight forces and they are similarly coordinated by ACPOS.
In a country without a written constitution ACPO also serves to provide a buffer between the state and the citizen. Through its operation it aims to always represent and promote the broader public interest and not those of any indivdual chief officer. Its strength lies in its ability to focus and project the power and influence of all chief officers who, on the vast majority of issues, pool their accountability to get behind a necessary strategic position. ACPO is a very influential body and has been involved in many controversies over the decades. For example in the 2005 political row over pre charge detention many thought ACPO was too close to government,arguably unfair because government was after all pushing ACPO's advice.

ACPO is funded by a Home Office grant, together with contributions from each of the 43 UK police Authorities. However its real work is undertaken by the many efforts of chief officers across the UK who work toward collective aims whilst discharging their day jobs in various forces.

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The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is not a staff association (the separately constituted Chief Police Officers' Association fulfils that function). ACPO's work is on behalf of the Service, rather than its own members.

The Association has the status of a private company limited by guarantee. As such, it conforms to the requirements of company law and its affairs are governed by a Board of Directors.

It is funded by a combination of a Home Office grant, contributions from each of the 44 Police Authorities, membership subscriptions and by the proceeds of its annual exhibition.

ACPO's members are police officers who hold the rank of Chief Constable, Deputy Chief Constable or Assistant Chief Constable, or their equivalents, in the forty four forces of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, national police agencies and certain other forces in the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, and certain senior non-police staff. There are presently 280 members of ACPO.


http://www.acpo.police.uk/about.html

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UK Forces List

http://www.police.uk/forces.htm


ACPO London Region
City of London Police
Metropolitan Police Service
ACPO Eastern Region
Bedfordshire Police
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Essex Police
Hertfordshire Constabulary
Norfolk Constabulary
Suffolk Constabulary
ACPO South East Region
Hampshire Constabulary
Kent Police
Surrey Police
Sussex Police
Thames Valley Police
ACPO South West Region
Avon & Somerset Constabulary
Devon & Cornwall Constabulary
Dorset Police
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Wiltshire Constabulary
ACPO East Midlands Region
Derbyshire Constabulary
Leicestershire Constabulary
Lincolnshire Police
Northamptonshire Police
Nottinghamshire Police
ACPO West Midlands Region
Staffordshire Police
Warwickshire Police
West Mercia Constabulary
West Midlands Police
ACPO North East Region
Cleveland Police
Durham Constabulary
Humberside Police
North Yorkshire Police
Northumbria Police
South Yorkshire Police
West Yorkshire Police
ACPO North West Region
Cheshire Constabulary
Cumbria Constabulary
Greater Manchester Police
Merseyside Police
Lancashire Constabulary
Police Service of Northern Ireland
ACPO Wales Region
Dyfed Powys Police - Heddlu Dyfed Powys / Heddlu Dyfed Powys
Gwent Police - Heddlu Gwent / Heddlu Gwent
North Wales Police - Heddlu Gogledd Cymru / Heddlu Gogledd Cymru
South Wales Police - Heddlu De Cymru / Heddlu De Cymru
ACPO(S) Scotland Region
Central Scotland Police
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Fife Constabulary
Grampian Police
Lothian and Borders Police
Northern Constabulary
Strathclyde Police
Tayside Police
UK Non Geographic
British Transport Police
Central Motorway Policing Group
Civil Nuclear Constabulary (formerly UKAEA Constabulary)
Ministry of Defence Police
Port of Dover Police
Port of Liverpool Police
The National Crime Squad
Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency

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Interesting info that, thanks for posting. And yup, it's all in full swing now.