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'''Lincolnshire Police''' is the [[territorial police force]] covering the [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Lincolnshire]] in the [[East Midlands]] of [[England]]. Despite the name, the force's area does not include [[North East Lincolnshire]] and [[North Lincolnshire]], which are covered by [[Humberside Police]] instead.
[[File:Lincolnshire Police.png|thumb|right|Logo of Lincolnshire Police used from 2017 to 2021]]
'''Lincolnshire Police''' is the [[territorial police force]] covering the [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Lincolnshire]] in the [[East Midlands]] of [[England]]. Despite the name, the force's area does not include [[North East Lincolnshire]] and [[North Lincolnshire]], which are covered by [[Humberside Police]] instead.


In terms of [[geographic area]] the force is one of the largest in the [[England]] and [[Wales]] covering 2,284 square miles. The population of the area covered by the force is 736,700.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/peel-assessments/peel-2016/lincolnshire/more-about-this-area/|title=More about this area|work=HMICFRS|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-GB}}</ref> As of 2010 the force currently employs over 2,500 people. As at May 2016, there were 1,100 police officers, 200 Special Constables and 149 PCSO's. <ref>{{cite web
In terms of geographic area the force is one of the largest in the [[England]] and [[Wales]] covering {{convert|2,284|mi2}}. The population of the area covered by the force is 736,700.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/peel-assessments/peel-2016/lincolnshire/more-about-this-area/|title=More about this area|work=HMICFRS|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref> As of 2010 the force currently employs over 2,500 people. As at May 2016, there were 1,100 police officers, 200 Special Constables and 149 PCSOs.<ref>{{cite web
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== History ==
== History ==
'''Lincolnshire Constabulary''' was formed in 1856 under the [[County and Borough Police Act 1856]].<ref>http://www.lincs.police.uk/getFile.asp?FC_ID=109&docID=177</ref> Several other borough police forces used to exist in the county, but these were eventually combined with the Lincolnshire force. Under the [[Police Act 1946]], [[Boston Borough Police]] and [[Grantham Borough Police]] were merged, while [[Lincoln City Police]] and [[Grimsby Borough Police]] were absorbed under the [[Police Act 1964]]. Lincolnshire lost part of its area to the new [[Humberside Police]] in 1974.
'''Lincolnshire Constabulary''' was formed in 1856 under the [[County and Borough Police Act 1856]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincs.police.uk/getFile.asp?FC_ID=109&docID=177 |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928200921/http://www.lincs.police.uk/getFile.asp?FC_ID=109&docID=177 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Several other borough police forces used to exist in the county, but these were eventually combined with the Lincolnshire force. Under the [[Police Act 1946]], [[Boston Borough Police]] and [[Grantham Borough Police]] were merged, while [[Lincoln City Police]] and [[Grimsby Borough Police]] were absorbed under the [[Police Act 1964]]. Lincolnshire lost part of its area to the new [[Humberside Police]] in 1974.


In 1965, the force had an establishment of 918 officers and an actual strength of 883.<ref>''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965</ref>
In 1965, the force had an establishment of 918 officers and an actual strength of 883.<ref>''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965</ref>


Proposals made by the [[Home Secretary]] on 20 March 2006 would have seen the force merge with the other four [[East Midlands]] forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4825524.stm | work=BBC News | title=Police forces 'to be cut to 24' | date=20 March 2006 | accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> These proposals were ended by [[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]] in June 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5095730.stm | work=BBC News | title=Reid delays police merger plans | date=19 June 2006 | accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> The police authority received £287,600 from the [[Home Office]] for costs of preparing the ill-fated merger.
Proposals made by the [[Home Secretary]] on 20 March 2006 would have seen the force merge with the other four [[East Midlands]] forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4825524.stm | work=BBC News | title=Police forces 'to be cut to 24' | date=20 March 2006 | access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> These proposals were ended by [[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]] in June 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5095730.stm | work=BBC News | title=Reid delays police merger plans | date=19 June 2006 | access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> The police authority received £287,600 from the [[Home Office]] for costs of preparing the ill-fated merger.


In 2008 the Lincolnshire Police Authority experienced a funding crisis. The authority claimed that the central government grant was insufficient to provide efficient policing in Lincolnshire, due to the unfavourable working of the formula used by the government to assess police grants. The authority decided to reduce the shortfall by making a 79% increase in its precept (the portion of [[Council Tax]] payable to the Police Authority). The government then announced its intention to "cap" this demand, resulting in a net 26% increase.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/7499113.stm|title=Council tax rebate is confirmed|date=10 July 2008|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 January 2009}}</ref>
In 2008 the Lincolnshire Police Authority experienced a funding crisis. The authority claimed that the central government grant was insufficient to provide efficient policing in Lincolnshire, due to the unfavourable working of the formula used by the government to assess police grants. The authority decided to reduce the shortfall by making a 79% increase in its precept (the portion of [[Council Tax]] payable to the Police Authority). The government then announced its intention to "cap" this demand, resulting in a net 26% increase.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/7499113.stm|title=Council tax rebate is confirmed|date=10 July 2008|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 January 2009}}</ref>

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=== Chief constables ===
* 1857–1901: Captain [[Philip Bicknell|Philip Blundell Bicknell]]<ref>J. Venn and J. A. Venn, ''[[Alumni Cantabrigienses]]'', vol. 2, pt 1 (Cambridge: [[Cambridge University Press]], 1940), p. 258.</ref>
* 1901–03: Major [[Charles Brinkley]]<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19030803/039/0004 "Obituary: Chief Constable of Lincolnshire"], ''[[Nottingham Evening Post]]'', 3 August 1903, p. 4.</ref>
* 1903–31: Captain [[Cecil Mitchell-Innes]], CBE, KPM<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-229345 "Mitchell-Innes, Captain Cecil"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.</ref>
* 1931–34: Colonel [[Gordon Halland|Gordon Herbert Ramsay Halland]], CIE, OBE<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-164928 "Halland, Col Gordon Herbert Ramsay"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.</ref>
* 1934–54: Sir [[Raymond Hatherell Fooks]], CBE, KPM<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-154516 "Fooks, Sir Raymond (Hatherell)"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.</ref>
* 1954–56: [[Herman Graham Rutherford]] (later CBE, QPM)<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-33514 "Rutherford, (Herman) Graham"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.</ref>
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* 1956–69: [[John William Barnett]], OBE<ref>''Report of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary for the Year Ended 30th September 1957'' (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 1958, p. 6. Previously Chief Constable, Leeds.</ref><ref>Wickstead, Arthur (1978), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CFkwAAAAYAAJ Lincolnshire, Lindsey: The Story of a County]'' (Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts), p. 154</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44210/supplement/12/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 1 January 1967 (issue 44210), p. 12</ref>
* 1970–73: [[George Terry (police officer)|George Walter Roberts Terry]], QPM<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-175825 "Terry, Sir George (Walter Roberts)"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.</ref> (later Sir George Terry, CBE)
* 1973–77: [[Lawrence Byford]], QPM<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-9758 "Byford, Sir Lawrence"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.</ref> (later Sir Lawrence Byford, CBE)
* 1977–83: [[James Kerr (police officer)|James Kerr]], QPM<ref>[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-22956 "Kerr, James"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.</ref>
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* 1983–90: [[Stanley William Crump]], QPM<ref>''Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the Year 1983'' (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 1984, appendix 6, p. 80</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49969/supplement/26/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 31 December 1984 (issue 49969), p. 26</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19900112/028/0003 "Police Chief is to Retire"], ''Grantham Journal'', 12 January 1990, p. 3.</ref>
* 1990–93: [[Neville Gilbert Ovens]], QPM<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19900413/177/0018 "New Police Chief Takes up Post"], ''Grantham Journal'', 13 April 1990, p. 18.</ref><ref>For his retirement as Chief Constable, see: [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19931113/001/0001 "People Power"], ''Lincolnshire Echo'', 13 November 1993, p. 1; [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19931201/033/0033 "Pledge to Forge Closer Links"], ''Lincolnshire Echo: Crimewatch Supplement'', 1 December 1993, p. 1.</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50764/supplement/24/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 31 December 1986 (issue 50764), p. 24</ref>
* 1993–98: [[John Peter Bensley]], QPM<ref>For his appointment as Chief Constable, see: [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19931113/001/0001 "People Power"], ''Lincolnshire Echo'', 13 November 1993, p. 1; [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19931201/033/0033 "Pledge to Forge Closer Links"], ''Lincolnshire Echo: Crimewatch Supplement'', 1 December 1993, p. 1.</ref><ref>For his retirement, see [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004965/19980120/013/0002 "Chief Constable to Retire"], ''Lincolnshire Free Press'', 20 January 1998, p. 2.</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53153/supplement/26/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 31 December 1992 (issue 53153), p. 26</ref>
* 1998–2003: [[Richard Childs (police officer)|Richard John Nicholas Childs]], QPM<ref>For his appointment, see [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004965/19980428/050/0007 "New Police Chief for County"], ''Lincolnshire Free Press'', 28 April 1998, p. 7.
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* 2003–08: [[Tony Lake (police officer)|James Anthony Lake]], QPM<ref>[http://www.lincolnshire-pa.gov.uk/pages/viewPR.asp?ID=2 Lincolnshire Police Authority Appoints New Chief Constable] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309150143/http://www.lincolnshire-pa.gov.uk/pages/viewPR.asp?ID=2 |date=9 March 2008 }} ''Lincolnshire Police Authority''</ref>
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* 2008–12: [[Richard Philip deJordan Crompton]], QPM
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* 2012–17: [[Neil Rhodes]]
* 2017–20: [[William Alan Skelly]], QPM
* 2020-24 : [[Chris Haward]]<ref>[https://lincolnshire-pcc.gov.uk/news-archive/2020/chief-constable-appointment/ Police and Crime Commissioner appoints Chris Haward as Chief Constable], ''Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner''</ref>
* 2024-Present: Paul Gibson <ref>[https://www.lincolnshire-pcc.gov.uk/news-archive/2024/paul-gibson-confirmed-as-the-new-chief-constable-of-lincolnshire-police/ Paul Gibson confirmed as the new Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police], "Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner"</ref>

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=== Alumni ===
* [[Lawrence Byford]] (former Chief Constable) – father of [[Mark Byford]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Byford |first1=Mark |title=Sir Lawrence Byford obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/18/sir-lawrence-byford-obituary |access-date=9 September 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=18 February 2018}}</ref>
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* [[Arthur Troop]] – police sergeant who started the [[International Police Association]] on 1 January 1950, with initial resistance from his superiors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.ipa-iac.org/en_history.htm |title=History of the International Police Association |access-date=6 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722221605/http://en.ipa-iac.org/en_history.htm |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==District structure==
==District structure==
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The [[Chief Constable]] is Paul Gibson.
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Lincolnshire Police has an establishment of about 1,100 [[police officers]]. In 2011, the force underwent major changes to its organisation; divisions went and front line officers were organised into Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/Local-Policing/Neighbourhood-Policing/ |title=Lincolnshire Police - Learn about Neighbourhood Policing |access-date=25 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928114334/http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/Local-Policing/Neighbourhood-Policing/ |archive-date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Response (area cars).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/Local-Policing/Neighbourhood-Response/ |title=Lincolnshire Police - Learn about Neighbourhood Response |access-date=25 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003080923/http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/Local-Policing/Neighbourhood-Response/ |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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The [[Chief Constable]] is [[Bill Skelly]].
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Previously there were three "divisions" (West, East, & South) with Lincoln, Skegness, and Grantham hosting the divisional headquarters of each.
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Lincolnshire Police has an establishment of about 1,100 [[police officers]]. In 2011, the force underwent major changes to its organisation; divisions went and front line officers were organised into Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT)<ref>http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/Local-Policing/Neighbourhood-Policing/</ref> and Response (area cars).<ref>http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/Local-Policing/Neighbourhood-Response/</ref>
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Previously there were three "divisions" (West, East, & South) with Lincoln, Skegness, and Grantham hosting the divisional headquarters of each.


The [[county]] is divided into four "districts" for the purposes of policing.<ref>http://www.lincs.police.uk/About/Changing-Times/</ref> These areas each effectively pair two district/borough council areas into one policing district, and are:
The [[county]] is divided into four "districts" for the purposes of policing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincs.police.uk/About/Changing-Times/ |title=Lincolnshire Police - Changing Times |access-date=25 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602004410/http://www.lincs.police.uk/About/Changing-Times/ |archive-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> These areas each effectively pair two district/borough council areas into one policing district, and are:
* Lincoln & West Lindsey (covering [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]] [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], and [[Market Rasen]])
* Lincoln & West Lindsey (covering [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], and [[Market Rasen]])
* North & South Kesteven (covering [[Grantham]], [[Sleaford]], North Hykeham, Bracebridge Heath, Market Deeping, Bourne and [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]])
* North & South Kesteven (covering [[Grantham]], [[Sleaford]], North Hykeham, Bracebridge Heath, Market Deeping, Bourne and [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]])
* Coast & Wolds (covering [[Skegness]], [[Mablethorpe]], [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]] and [[Horncastle, Lincolnshire|Horncastle]])
* Coast & Wolds (covering [[Skegness]], [[Mablethorpe]], [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]] and [[Horncastle, Lincolnshire|Horncastle]])
* Boston & South Holland (covering [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]], [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]], Holbeach, and Sutton Bridge).
* Boston & South Holland (covering [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]], [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]], Holbeach, and Sutton Bridge).


The force has armed response vehicles and Roads Policing Officers (RPU).
The force has round the clock armed response vehicles manned by Roads Policing Officers (RPU). Front line officers in Lincolnshire also carry Taser electronic incapacitating devices. These use electricity to cause neuromuscular incapacitation (NMI) to render subjects incapable of free bodily movement for a short period of time whilst the device is operating. Taser is carried in addition to PAVA incapacitant spray. Officers previously used CS spray, however this was removed from service due to it being flammable (if used in conjunction with a Taser it could set alight). PAVA is a non flammable spray liquid.


Officers from Lincolnshire are also detached to EMSOU, East Midlands Special Operations unit. The force has its own underwater search unit that consists of one part-time team of around ten officers and this unit is based permanently at the Lincolnshire Police Headquarters.<ref>http://www.lincsmag.com/Lincolnshire/002_Lincolnshire_Police_Underwater_Search_Unit.html Lincolnshire Police Underwater Search Unit</ref>
Officers from Lincolnshire are also detached to EMSOU, East Midlands Special Operations unit. The force has its own underwater search unit that consists of one part-time team of around ten officers and this unit is based permanently at the Lincolnshire Police Headquarters.<ref>http://www.lincsmag.com/Lincolnshire/002_Lincolnshire_Police_Underwater_Search_Unit.html Lincolnshire Police Underwater Search Unit</ref>


==Other departments==
==Other departments==
As with all police forces, Lincolnshire Police has many specialist departments aside from the officers and PCSOs that respond initially to calls from the public.<ref>http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/</ref> These include the Roads Policing Unit (who also form the force's firearms response), Dog section, Public Protection Unit (including specialist sexual offences officers), Scenes Of Crime, Custody suites, and the Force Control Room. In addition to this are other support departments such as IT and HR.
As with all police forces, Lincolnshire Police has many specialist departments aside from the officers and PCSOs that respond initially to calls from the public.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/ |title=Lincolnshire Police - Departments |access-date=25 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602004414/http://www.lincs.police.uk/Departments/ |archive-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> These include the Armed Policing Team, Roads Policing Unit, Rural Crime Team, Dog section, Protecting Vulnerable People Unit (including specialist sexual offences officers), Scenes Of Crime, Custody suites, and the Force Control Room. In addition to this are other support departments such as IT and HR.


Officers and Police Staff forming these departments are based across the county, but most having their main office at Force Headquarters in Nettleham.
Officers and Police Staff forming these departments are based across the county, but most having their main office at Force Headquarters in Nettleham.


Lincolnshire Police operates a [[Special Constabulary]] that has approximately 200 officers from the rank of Special Constable to Special Superintendent. Officers are based throughout the county out of local police stations. Lincolnshire Special Constabulary also has offices deployed in specialist units such as wildlife crime and Safer Roads unit. As of July 2018 Lincolnshire Special Constabulary is recruiting. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lincs.police.uk/about-us/join-us/special-constables/apply-now-to-become-a-special-constable/|title=Apply now to become a special constable|website=www.lincs.police.uk|access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref>
Lincolnshire Police operates a [[Special Constabulary]] that has approximately 200 officers from the rank of Special Constable to Special Superintendent. Officers are based throughout the county out of local police stations. Lincolnshire Special Constabulary also has offices deployed in specialist units such as wildlife crime and Safer Roads unit.

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== Chief Officers ==
* 1856–1901: Captain Philip Bicknell.
* 1901–03: Major Charles Brinkley.
* 1903–31: Captain Cecil Mitchell-Innes.
* 1931–34: Colonel [[Gordon Halland|Gordon Herbert Ramsay Halland]].
* 1934–54: Sir Raymond Hatherell Fooks.
* 1954–56: Herman Graham Rutherford.
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* 1956–69: John William Barnett, OBE.<ref>''Report of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary for the Year Ended 30th September 1957'' (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 1958, p. 6. Previously Chief Constable, Leeds.</ref><ref>Wickstead, Arthur (1978), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CFkwAAAAYAAJ Lincolnshire, Lindsey: The Story of a County]'' (Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts), p. 154</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44210/supplement/12/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 1 January 1967 (issue 44210), p. 12</ref>
* 1970–73: [[George Terry (police officer)|George Walter Roberts Terry]]. (afterwards [[Chief Constable of Sussex]], 1973–83)
* 1973–77: [[Lawrence Byford]], QPM.
* 1977–83: James Kerr.
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* 1983–?: Stanley William Crump, QPM.<ref>''Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the Year 1983'' (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 1984, appendix 6, p. 80</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49969/supplement/26/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 31 December 1984 (issue 49969), p. 26</ref>
* ?–1994: Neville Gilbert Ovens, QPM.<ref>"Birthdays", ''The Guardian'', 10 September 1994, p. 30</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50764/supplement/24/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 31 December 1986 (issue 50764), p. 24</ref>
* 1994–98: John Peter Bensley, QPM.<ref>He was the "new Chief Constable" in: "Volunteers Cop Frightened Boy and Binliners", ''The Guardian'', 5 February 1994, p. 7. He was set to retired in May 1998, see Watson-Smyth, Kate (<time>3 May 1998). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/chief-constable-faces-inquiry-over-evidence-at-inspectors-tribunal-1161420.html "]</time>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/chief-constable-faces-inquiry-over-evidence-at-inspectors-tribunal-1161420.html Chief constable faces inquiry over evidence at inspector's tribunal"], ''The Independent''. His successor was appointed the following month, see Bennetto, Jason (<time>8 June 1998),</time> [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pay-out-to-victimised-woman-inspector-1163742.html "Pay-out to victimised woman inspector"], ''The Independent''.</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53153/supplement/26/data.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 31 December 1992 (issue 53153), p. 26</ref>
* 1998–2003: [[Richard Childs (police officer)|Richard John Nicholas Childs]], QPM.<ref>Watson-Smyth, Kate (<time>3 May 1998). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/chief-constable-faces-inquiry-over-evidence-at-inspectors-tribunal-1161420.html "]</time>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/chief-constable-faces-inquiry-over-evidence-at-inspectors-tribunal-1161420.html Chief constable faces inquiry over evidence at inspector's tribunal"], ''The Independent''.
</ref><ref>Bennetto, Jason (<time>8 June 1998),</time> [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pay-out-to-victimised-woman-inspector-1163742.html "Pay-out to victimised woman inspector"], ''The Independent''.
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* 2003–08: [[Tony Lake (police officer)|James Anthony Lake]].<ref>[http://www.lincolnshire-pa.gov.uk/pages/viewPR.asp?ID=2 Lincolnshire Police Authority Appoints New Chief Constable] ''Lincolnshire Police Authority''</ref>
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* 2008–12: Richard Philip deJordan Crompton
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* 2012–17: Neil Rhodes
* 2017: Bill Skelly

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== Alumni ==
* [[Lawrence Byford]] (former Chief Constable) - father of [[Mark Byford]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-206988/Profile-Mark-Byford.html|title=Profile: Mark Byford|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|accessdate=2010-07-08}}</ref>
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* [[Arthur Troop]] - police sergeant who started the [[International Police Association]] on 1 January 1950, with initial resistance from his superiors.<ref>[http://en.ipa-iac.org/en_history.htm History of the International Police Association]</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner]]
* [[Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner]]
* [[List of police forces in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories]]
* [[Policing in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom]]
{{Commons category|Emergency services in Lincolnshire}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.lincs.police.uk Lincolnshire Police]
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.lincolnshire-pa.gov.uk/pages/viewPR.asp?ID=73 Lincolnshire Police Authority explain their big increase in Council Tax 27 February 2008]
* [https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/police-forces/lincolnshire Lincolnshire Police] at [[HMICFRS]]


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Lincolnshire Police
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionLincolnshire (excl. N. and N. E. Lincs), England
Map of Lincolnshire Police's jurisdiction
Size5,921 square kilometres (2,286 sq mi)
Population750,000[citation needed]
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersNettleham, Lincoln
Sworn members1,100 officers 200 Special Constables and 149 PCSO's [1]
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible
Agency executive
  • Dr Paul Gibson, Chief Constable
Districts
Four
  • Lincoln & West Lindsey
    North & South Kesteven
    Coast & Wolds
    Boston & South Holland
Facilities
Stations
Over 12
  • Lincoln
    Gainsborough
    Market Rasen
    Sleaford
    Skegness
    Louth
    Boston
    Mablethorpe
    Grantham
    Spalding
    Stamford
    Bourne
    (Also a large number of smaller sub-stations, referred to as "boxes")
Website
www.lincs.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Logo of Lincolnshire Police used from 2017 to 2021

Lincolnshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. Despite the name, the force's area does not include North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire, which are covered by Humberside Police instead.

In terms of geographic area the force is one of the largest in the England and Wales covering 2,284 square miles (5,920 km2). The population of the area covered by the force is 736,700.[2] As of 2010 the force currently employs over 2,500 people. As at May 2016, there were 1,100 police officers, 200 Special Constables and 149 PCSOs.[3]

History

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Lincolnshire Constabulary was formed in 1856 under the County and Borough Police Act 1856.[4] Several other borough police forces used to exist in the county, but these were eventually combined with the Lincolnshire force. Under the Police Act 1946, Boston Borough Police and Grantham Borough Police were merged, while Lincoln City Police and Grimsby Borough Police were absorbed under the Police Act 1964. Lincolnshire lost part of its area to the new Humberside Police in 1974.

In 1965, the force had an establishment of 918 officers and an actual strength of 883.[5]

Proposals made by the Home Secretary on 20 March 2006 would have seen the force merge with the other four East Midlands forces to form a strategic police force for the entire region.[6] These proposals were ended by John Reid in June 2006.[7] The police authority received £287,600 from the Home Office for costs of preparing the ill-fated merger.

In 2008 the Lincolnshire Police Authority experienced a funding crisis. The authority claimed that the central government grant was insufficient to provide efficient policing in Lincolnshire, due to the unfavourable working of the formula used by the government to assess police grants. The authority decided to reduce the shortfall by making a 79% increase in its precept (the portion of Council Tax payable to the Police Authority). The government then announced its intention to "cap" this demand, resulting in a net 26% increase.[8]

Chief constables

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Alumni

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District structure

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The Chief Constable is Paul Gibson. Lincolnshire Police has an establishment of about 1,100 police officers. In 2011, the force underwent major changes to its organisation; divisions went and front line officers were organised into Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT)[36] and Response (area cars).[37] Previously there were three "divisions" (West, East, & South) with Lincoln, Skegness, and Grantham hosting the divisional headquarters of each.

The county is divided into four "districts" for the purposes of policing.[38] These areas each effectively pair two district/borough council areas into one policing district, and are:

The force has armed response vehicles and Roads Policing Officers (RPU).

Officers from Lincolnshire are also detached to EMSOU, East Midlands Special Operations unit. The force has its own underwater search unit that consists of one part-time team of around ten officers and this unit is based permanently at the Lincolnshire Police Headquarters.[39]

Other departments

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As with all police forces, Lincolnshire Police has many specialist departments aside from the officers and PCSOs that respond initially to calls from the public.[40] These include the Armed Policing Team, Roads Policing Unit, Rural Crime Team, Dog section, Protecting Vulnerable People Unit (including specialist sexual offences officers), Scenes Of Crime, Custody suites, and the Force Control Room. In addition to this are other support departments such as IT and HR.

Officers and Police Staff forming these departments are based across the county, but most having their main office at Force Headquarters in Nettleham.

Lincolnshire Police operates a Special Constabulary that has approximately 200 officers from the rank of Special Constable to Special Superintendent. Officers are based throughout the county out of local police stations. Lincolnshire Special Constabulary also has offices deployed in specialist units such as wildlife crime and Safer Roads unit.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lincolnshire Police website". Lincolnshire Police. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ^ "More about this area". HMICFRS. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2013". HM Government. Office for National Statistics. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ The Thin Blue Line, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965
  6. ^ "Police forces 'to be cut to 24'". BBC News. 20 March 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Reid delays police merger plans". BBC News. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Council tax rebate is confirmed". BBC News Online. BBC. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  9. ^ J. Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, vol. 2, pt 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1940), p. 258.
  10. ^ "Obituary: Chief Constable of Lincolnshire", Nottingham Evening Post, 3 August 1903, p. 4.
  11. ^ "Mitchell-Innes, Captain Cecil", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Halland, Col Gordon Herbert Ramsay", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Fooks, Sir Raymond (Hatherell)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Rutherford, (Herman) Graham", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  15. ^ Report of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary for the Year Ended 30th September 1957 (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 1958, p. 6. Previously Chief Constable, Leeds.
  16. ^ Wickstead, Arthur (1978), Lincolnshire, Lindsey: The Story of a County (Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts), p. 154
  17. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1967 (issue 44210), p. 12
  18. ^ "Terry, Sir George (Walter Roberts)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Byford, Sir Lawrence", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Kerr, James", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  21. ^ Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the Year 1983 (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 1984, appendix 6, p. 80
  22. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1984 (issue 49969), p. 26
  23. ^ "Police Chief is to Retire", Grantham Journal, 12 January 1990, p. 3.
  24. ^ "New Police Chief Takes up Post", Grantham Journal, 13 April 1990, p. 18.
  25. ^ For his retirement as Chief Constable, see: "People Power", Lincolnshire Echo, 13 November 1993, p. 1; "Pledge to Forge Closer Links", Lincolnshire Echo: Crimewatch Supplement, 1 December 1993, p. 1.
  26. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1986 (issue 50764), p. 24
  27. ^ For his appointment as Chief Constable, see: "People Power", Lincolnshire Echo, 13 November 1993, p. 1; "Pledge to Forge Closer Links", Lincolnshire Echo: Crimewatch Supplement, 1 December 1993, p. 1.
  28. ^ For his retirement, see "Chief Constable to Retire", Lincolnshire Free Press, 20 January 1998, p. 2.
  29. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1992 (issue 53153), p. 26
  30. ^ For his appointment, see "New Police Chief for County", Lincolnshire Free Press, 28 April 1998, p. 7.
  31. ^ Lincolnshire Police Authority Appoints New Chief Constable Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Lincolnshire Police Authority
  32. ^ Police and Crime Commissioner appoints Chris Haward as Chief Constable, Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner
  33. ^ Paul Gibson confirmed as the new Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police, "Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner"
  34. ^ Byford, Mark (18 February 2018). "Sir Lawrence Byford obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  35. ^ "History of the International Police Association". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
  36. ^ "Lincolnshire Police - Learn about Neighbourhood Policing". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  37. ^ "Lincolnshire Police - Learn about Neighbourhood Response". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  38. ^ "Lincolnshire Police - Changing Times". Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  39. ^ http://www.lincsmag.com/Lincolnshire/002_Lincolnshire_Police_Underwater_Search_Unit.html Lincolnshire Police Underwater Search Unit
  40. ^ "Lincolnshire Police - Departments". Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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