A police station (also called stationhouse) is a building which serves as the headquarters of a police force or unit which serves a specific district. These buildings contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles such as locker rooms, temporary holding cells, and interview/interrogation rooms.
Large departments may have many stations to cover the area they serve. The names used for these facilities include:
The county constabularies in Great Britain used to be organised on village lines. Most villages of any size (and even many small villages and hamlets) had a police station, often called a "police house", which was staffed by a single constable, who lived there with his family. The constable could be called out by the locals at any time of the day or night and during the day also patrolled the village and surrounding area on a bicycle. These local police stations were grouped together into sections under a sergeant, whose station was known as a "sergeant's station". This was usually a larger station in a large village or small town (one such example being Leyland police station, staffed by one or more constables as well as the sergeant; although in very rural areas it may have been just another single-officer police house. Larger towns in the county constabulary areas had police stations staffed by a number of officers, often under the command of an inspector or superintendent, usually also commanding a sub-division or division respectively, and therefore giving the names of "sub-divisional station" or "divisional station" to their stations.
In the United Kingdom, police stations may have:
Most city police stations use two types of police vehicle - response cars, which respond to 999 calls and carry a range of equipment to deal with incidents, and Panda cars, which are usually less-capable cars and generally used for community policing.
A police station (also called stationhouse) is a building which serves as the headquarters of a police force or unit which serves a specific district. These buildings contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles such as locker rooms, temporary holding cells, and interview/interrogation rooms.
Large departments may have many stations to cover the area they serve. The names used for these facilities include:
The county constabularies in Great Britain used to be organised on village lines. Most villages of any size (and even many small villages and hamlets) had a police station, often called a "police house", which was staffed by a single constable, who lived there with his family. The constable could be called out by the locals at any time of the day or night and during the day also patrolled the village and surrounding area on a bicycle. These local police stations were grouped together into sections under a sergeant, whose station was known as a "sergeant's station". This was usually a larger station in a large village or small town (one such example being Leyland police station, staffed by one or more constables as well as the sergeant; although in very rural areas it may have been just another single-officer police house. Larger towns in the county constabulary areas had police stations staffed by a number of officers, often under the command of an inspector or superintendent, usually also commanding a sub-division or division respectively, and therefore giving the names of "sub-divisional station" or "divisional station" to their stations.
In the United Kingdom, police stations may have:
Most city police stations use two types of police vehicle - response cars, which respond to 999 calls and carry a range of equipment to deal with incidents, and Panda cars, which are usually less-capable cars and generally used for community policing.
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