| Merseyside Police | |
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| Abbreviation | Merpol |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1974 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Employees | 6,451[1] |
| Volunteers | 456[2] |
| Annual budget | £401.3 million[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Merseyside, England, UK |
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| Map of Merseyside Police's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 250 square miles (650 km2) |
| Population | 1,423,065 |
| Legal jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Constituting instrument | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | |
| Constables | 3,909 (of which 214 are special constables)[3] |
| Police Community Support Officers | 237[1] |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Basic Command Units | 0 (Functional Structure) |
| Facilities | |
| Lockups | 5 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Merseyside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The service area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million. As of September 2017 the service has 3,484 police officers, 1,619 police staff, 253 police community support officers, 155 designated officers and 208 special constables.[4] The force is led by Chief Constable Serena Kennedy.
- ^ a b c Budget Book merseysidepcc.info/
- ^ "Merseyside | Home Office". Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ "Tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2013". HM Government. Office for National Statistics. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2017". GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 May 2018.