Merseyside Police

Merseyside Police
Merseyside Police
Abbreviation	Merpol
Agency overview
Formed	1974
Preceding agency	Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary;
Employees	6,451
Volunteers	456
Annual budget	£401.3 million
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Merseyside, England, UK
	Map of Merseyside Police's jurisdiction
Size	250 square miles (650 km2)
Population	1,423,065
Legal jurisdiction	England & Wales
Constituting instrument	Police Act 1996;
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Overseen by	His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services; Independent Office for Police Conduct;
Constables	3,909 (of which 214 are special constables)
Police Community Support Officers	237
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible	Emily Spurrell;
Agency executive	Serena Kennedy, Chief Constable;
Basic Command Units	0 (Functional Structure)
Facilities
Lockups	5
Website
	www.merseyside.police.uk

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.