Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary information
English territorial police force
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
Agency overview
Formed
1839
Preceding agencies
Basingstoke Borough Police
Romsey Borough Police
Isle of Wight Constabulary
Southampton City Police
Portsmouth City Police
Winchester City Police
Employees
4,066[1]
Volunteers
457[2]
Annual budget
£387 million (2021/22)[3]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Map of police area
Size
1,613 sq miles
Population
1.99 million (2019/20)[4]
Legal jurisdiction
England & Wales
Constituting instrument
Police Act 1996
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
Eastleigh (strategic) Netley Abbey (support and training) Winchester (operational)
Police officers
3,022 (including 210 special constables) (September 2020)[5]
PCSOs
214 (September 2020)
Police and crime commissioner responsible
Donna Jones
Agency executives
Scott Chilton, Chief Constable
Sam de Reya, Deputy Chief Constable
Facilities
Stations
29 (14 open to the general public)
Dogs
Yes
Website
www.hampshire.police.uk
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in South East England.[6]
The force area includes Southampton, the largest city in South East England, and the naval city of Portsmouth.[6] It also covers the New Forest National Park, sections of the South Downs National Park, large towns such as Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Andover, Fareham and Aldershot, and the historic city of Winchester. The constabulary, as it is currently constituted, dates from 1967, but modern policing in Hampshire can be traced back to 1832.
In late 2015, the force moved its strategic headquarters to Eastleigh, into a building now shared with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. At the same time, the force moved its Operational Headquarters to Mottisfont Court in Winchester.[7] The Support & Training Headquarters and control room are located in Netley, near Southampton, in buildings of the former Netley Hospital.
^"Tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2015". HM Government. Office for National Statistics. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
^Home Office, 2008 "Hampshire Police performance 2007/8". Archived from the original on 11 December 2009.
^"Policing Budget - Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner".
^"Hampshire Constabulary". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^"Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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apprehension of suspects and the prevention, detection, and reporting of crime, protection and assistance of the general public, and the maintenance of public...
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the chief constable ofHampshireandIsleofWightConstabulary, and in 1967 he presided over its amalgamation with the Portsmouth and Southampton city forces...
support and infrastructure, with all IT workers now employees of Thames Valley Police. This will also include the IsleofWight, a division ofHampshire Police...
construction of new houses and flats. In 2023, the nearest police station to Camberley is at Aldershot, operated by HampshireandIsleofWightConstabulary. The...
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coast of the IsleofWight, in response to the presence of seven stowaways who had boarded the ship in Lagos, Nigeria. HampshireConstabulary responded...
Williams, Clifford (2016). A History of Women Policing Hampshireand the IsleofWight 1915-2016. The HampshireConstabulary History Society. p. 25. ISBN 9780956850812...
prisoners, Matthew Williams, Keith Rose and Andrew Rodger, escaped from HM Prison Parkhurst on the IsleofWight in Hampshire, England. The group spent 4 days...
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