Northamptonshire Police

Northamptonshire Police
Common name	Northants Police
Abbreviation	NPS
Agency overview
Formed	1 April 1966
Preceding agencies	Northampton and County Constabulary (1966) Northamptonshire Constabulary (1840)
Employees	2,236
Volunteers	207
Annual budget	£121 million (2014) £126 million (2018-19)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Northamptonshire, UK
Map of Northamptonshire Police's jurisdiction
Size	2,364 square kilometres (913 sq mi)
Population	723,000
Governing body	Home Office
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	Northampton
Sworn Officers	1,616
Unsworn members	929
Elected officer responsible	Mr. Stephen Mold, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
Agency executives	Danielle Stone, Chief Constable ( Acting ) Simon Nickless, Deputy Chief Constable
Child agencies	East Midlands Police Collaboration and Multi-Force Shared Services (MFSS) East Midlands Operational Support Service
Website
www.northants.police.uk

Northamptonshire Police (colloquially known as Northants Police) is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom.

The Northamptonshire police area includes Brackley, Burton Latimer, Corby, Daventry, Desborough, Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough, Kettering, Northampton, Oundle, Raunds, Rothwell, Rushden, Towcester, Thrapston and Wellingborough across 914 square miles (2,370 km2) with a resident population of 710,000. It responds to more than one million phone calls a year, with more than 120,000 of these being emergency 999.