Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Motto	Creating a safer Cambridgeshire
Agency overview
Formed	1836, 1965 (merger)
Preceding agencies	Cambridge City Police; Cambridgeshire Constabulary (1951–1965); Peterborough Combined Police; Isle of Ely Constabulary; Huntingdonshire Constabulary;
Volunteers	84
Annual budget	£134 million (2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
	Map of police area
Size	1,311 square miles (3,400 km2)
Population	0.856 million
Legal jurisdiction	England and Wales
Constituting instrument	Police Act 1964;
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Overseen by	His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services; Independent Office for Police Conduct;
Headquarters	Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon
Police officers	1,383
PCSOs	115
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible	Darryl Preston (from 13 May 2021);
Agency executive	Nick Dean, Chief Constable;
Area Commands	North (Peterborough, Fenland); South (Huntingdonshire, Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, East Cambridgeshire);
Facilities
Stations	11 Police Headquarters, Huntingdon; Cambourne; Parkside, Cambridge; Ely; Huntingdon; March; Thorpe Wood, Peterborough; Sawston; St Ives; St Neots; Wisbech;
Website
	www.cambs.police.uk

Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the local territorial police force that covers the county of Cambridgeshire and the Peterborough district of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire administered by the unitary authority of Peterborough City Council. It provides law enforcement and security for an area of 1,311 square miles (3,400 km²) and population of 856,000 people, in a predominantly rural county. The force of Cambridgeshire includes the cities of Cambridge, Ely and Peterborough, the market towns of Chatteris, Huntingdon, March, Ramsey, St Ives, St Neots, Whittlesey, and town and Port of Wisbech. Its emblem is a crowned Brunswick star containing the heraldic badge of Cambridgeshire County Council.

According to a government report in July 2018 on policing numbers, the force consists of 1,383 police officers (giving the county a ratio of 163 officers per 100,000 people), 111 police community support officers and 778 members of staff. Together with 229 special constables and 84 police support volunteers. It had a budget in for the year of 2018 of £134 million, of which £78.4 million (58.5%) came directly as an annual grant from the Home Office and the rest from local council taxes.

The chief constable is Nick Dean. The force is overseen by the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).