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Northumbria Police

Northumbria Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in England. The service is the sixth largest police constabulary in England or Wales. As of April 2005, the current Chief Constable is Mike Craik. The HQ of the service are located at Ponteland, near Newcastle Airport. Former Chief Constables include: Sir Stanley Bailey (1975-1991); John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (1991-1996), and Crispian Strachan CBE (1998-2005).

History

The force was formed in 1974 and was a merger of the old Northumberland Constabulary along with part of the Durham Constabulary. The police forces for the county boroughs of South Shields, Gateshead, Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth had already been amalgamated into their respective county forces in the late 1960s, with the Berwick-upon-Tweed police having been merged into Northumberland in 1921.

Under proposals made by the Home Secretary on February 6, 2006, it would merge with Cleveland Police and Durham Constabulary to form a single strategic police force for the North East England. Both Northumbria and Durham favour this proposal, while Cleveland has expressed a wish that it be merged with the southern area of the Durham Force. These proposals have since been dropped nationwide.

Command Team

Chief Constable , Michael Craik QPM , BSc(Hons)
Deputy Chief Constable , Sue Sim ,
Acting Assistant Chief Constable , Jim Campbell
Acting Assistant Chief Constable , Keith Mavin

Division Structure

Northumbria Police is divided into six Area Commands with numerous stations within:

Sunderland (AA)

Gillbridge
Houghton le Spring
Southwick
Sunderland West (Farringdon)
Washington

South Tyneside (BB)

South Shields
Hebburn
Harton
Jarrow
Boldon

Gateshead (CC)

Gateshead Central
Whickham
Gateshead MetroCentre

North Tyneside (DD)

North Shields
Whitley Bay
Killingworth
Wallsend

Newcastle upon Tyne (EE)

Newcastle Central (Pilgrim Street)
Newcastle North (Etal Lane)
Newcastle East (Clifford Street)
Newcastle West (Westgate Road)

Northumberland (FF South East Northumberland SENAC) & (GG Northumberland)

Alnwick GG
Ashington FF
Bedlington FF
Berwick GG
Blyth FF
Cramlington FF
Prudhoe GG
Hexham GG
Morpeth GG
Amble GG
Bellingham GG
Broomhill GG
Corbridge GG

Haltwhistle GG

Ponteland GG
Rothbury GG
Seahouses GG
Wooler GG
Newbiggin FF

Communications

There are two central communication centres:

Northern Communication Centre (NCC) which deals with all stations and commands North of the Tyne, based at Force HQ in Ponteland.
Southern Communication Centre (SCC) which deals with all stations and commands South of the Tyne, based at South Shields.

References

External links

Official website