Gloucestershire Constabulary

Gloucestershire Constabulary
Agency overview
Formed1839; 185 years ago (1839)
Employees2,377 (Sept 2023)[1]
Volunteers346 Police Support Volunteers (Sept 2023)[1]
Annual budget£107.2 million (as of 2017–18)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionGloucestershire, England, UK
Map of police area
Size1,024 square miles (2,650 km2)[3]
Population637,000[3]
Legal jurisdictionEngland & Wales
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersQuedgeley, Gloucester
Constables1301, and 114 special constables (Sept 2023)[1]
Police community support officers119 (Sept 2023)[1]
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible
Agency executive
Local Policing Areas
Website
www.gloucestershire.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Gloucestershire Constabulary vehicle pictured in 2016

Gloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in South West England.

The force formerly covered the area of South Gloucestershire, however this was transformed to the newly formed Avon and Somerset Constabulary in 1974.

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference HO table 2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Summary of policing | Gloucestershire Constabulary".
  3. ^ a b "Overview: Gloucestershire Constabulary". HMICFRS. Retrieved 9 June 2021.