- South Yorkshire Police
Infobox UK Police
name= South Yorkshire Police
area= Sheffield & South Yorkshire
start= 1974
population= 1.28 million
size= 1,554 km²
officers= 3,413
title= Chief Constable
head=Meredydd Hughes
divname= BCUs
divno= 4
stations= 25
HQ= Snig Hill, Sheffield. S3 8LY
budget= £246.6m (2008-9). [ [http://www.southyorks.gov.uk/index.asp?id=326 Budget - South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat (SYJS) ] ]
web= [http://www.southyorks.police.uk South Yorkshire Police]South Yorkshire Police is the
Home Office police force responsible for policingSouth Yorkshire inEngland .The force covers an area of approximately 1,554 square kilometres (approx. 600 square miles) which is made up of the county's three boroughs (
Barnsley ,Doncaster andRotherham ), along with theCity of Sheffield . The resident population is 1.2 million. The force is the thirteenth largest of the 44 forces in England, Wales & Northern Ireland.Force headquarters is in Sheffield with the force being divided into four basic command units (BCUs): Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham & Sheffield.
The Chief Constable is
Meredydd Hughes , who was appointed in September 2004.South Yorkshire
Police Authority has nine councillors (drawn from the metropolitan boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield), threejustices of the peace , and five independent members.The force was formed in 1974, as a merger of the previous
Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary along with part of theWest Yorkshire Constabulary area (to whichBarnsley Borough Police andDoncaster Borough Police had been merged into onOctober 1 ,1968 ).The force helicopter Sierra Yankee 99 has been a feature in two television series,
Traffic Cops and more recently Sky Cops along with the roads policing unit.ee also
*
List of police forces in the United Kingdom
*Policing in the United Kingdom
*Hillsborough disaster Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.southyorks.police.uk/ South Yorkshire Police]
* [http://www.southyorks.gov.uk/index.asp?id=50 South Yorkshire Police Authority]
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