Durham Constabulary

Durham Constabulary
Agency overview
Formed	1839
Employees	2,910[1]
Volunteers	126[1]
Annual budget	£112.3 million[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	County Durham and Darlington, England, UK
Map of police area
Size	2,232 km²
Population	595,308
Legal jurisdiction	England & Wales
Constituting instrument	Police Act 1996
General nature	• Local civilian agency
Constables	1,242 (of which 100 are special constables)[2]
Police Community Support Officers	162[1]
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible	Ron Hogg, (L)
Agency executive	Michael Barton, Chief Constable
Basic Command Units	North Area (Durham) South Area (Darlington)
Website
www.durham.police.uk

Durham Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of County Durham and the unitary authority of Darlington. The force covers the 2,232 km² of the county which has a resident population of 595,308. It is one of the smaller forces of the 43 territorial police forces that service England and Wales. Durham is Home Office force 11.

Durham Constabulary is managed by Chief Constable Michael Barton^[3] and his Executive Team, comprising Deputy Chief Constable Jo Farrell, Assistant Chief Constable Dave Orford, Assistant Chief Officer Gary Ridley and Special Chief Officer Dale Checksfield.^[4]

The force operates through a number of functional commands: Neighbourhood & Safeguarding, Response Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice, Tasking and Co-ordination and Support Services, which all report to the Executive Team.

Since 2010 Durham Constabulary and neighbouring Cleveland Police have shared road policing and firearms teams through a joint Specialist Operations Unit. These officers are based at Wynyard Park Business Park and Spennymoor.^[5] Durham and Cleveland Police have shared a Tactical Training Centre in Urlay Nook, near Durham Tees Valley Airport, since 2001.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Chief Constables
  


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  3 Officers killed in the line of duty
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  
  
  
  • 
    6.1 Video clips
    
  
  
  
  

History

Durham Constabulary was one of the first county police forces to be set up, built in 1839. The force absorbed Durham City Police (formed in 1836) in 1921, Hartlepool Borough Police (formed in 1851) in 1947, Sunderland Borough Police (formed in 1837) in 1967, and Gateshead Borough Police (formed in 1836) and South Shields Borough Police (formed in 1839) in 1968, when it also lost some of its area to Teesside Constabulary.

In 1965, the force had an establishment of 1,763 and an actual strength of 1,626.^[6]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, in 1974, the northern area of the force (including Gateshead, Sunderland and South Shields) became part of Northumbria Police, with Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees in the south-east going to Cleveland Constabulary

Chief Constables

• 1848–1892 : Colonel George Francis White ^[7]
  


• 1892–1902 : John Henry Eden ^[8]
  


• 1902–1922 : William George Morant ^[9]
  


• 1922–1942 : Sir George Morley (knighted in 1937 Coronation Honours)^[10]
  


• 1943–1944 : Captain H. Studdy^[10]
  


• 1944–1950 : Colonel Sir Eric St Johnston (afterwards Chief Constable of Lancashire, 1950–67)^[11]
  


• 1950–1970 : Alec A Muir ^[12]
  


• 1970–>1976 : Arthur George "Peter" Puckering ^[10]
  


• 1981–1988 : Eldred James Boothby


• 2005–2012 : Jon Stoddart ^[13]
  


• 2012– : Michael Barton

Officers killed in the line of duty

See also: List of British police officers killed in the line of duty

The Police Roll of Honour Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty. The Police Memorial Trust since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.

Since 1960 the following officers of Durham Constabulary were killed while attempting to prevent or stop a crime in progress:^[14]

• PC Keith Maddison, 1997 (collapsed and died while pursuing suspects from a stolen vehicle)


• DC James Brian Porter, 1982 (shot dead by two armed robbers, posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct)


• PC Glenn Russel Corder, 1980 (his vehicle crashed during a police pursuit)


• PC William Ralph Shiell, 1940 (shot dead by burglars)


• PC Matthew Walls Straughan, 1927 (shot dead by a suspect)

See also

• Durham Police and Crime Commissioner


• Law enforcement in the United Kingdom


• List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom


• Table of police forces in the United Kingdom

References

1. 
   ^ ^abcd http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/performance-and-measurement/performance-assessment/assessments-2007-2008/durham
   


2. 
   ^ "Tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2013". HM Government. Office for National Statistics. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


3. 
   ^ "Police and crime commissioner elections: Durham". BBC News. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
   


4. 
   ^ "About Us". Durham Constabulary. 4 October 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
   


5. 
   ^ "Forces agree single firearms teams". Cleveland Police. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
   


6. 
   ^ The Thin Blue Line, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965
   


7. 
   ^ "George Francis White". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
   


8. 
   ^ "Brigadier George Wilfred Eden". The British Empire. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
   


9. 
   ^ "Durham County Constabulary". British Police History. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
   


10. 
    ^ ^abc "Durham Constabulary Open Day". Durham Constabulary. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
    


11. 
    ^ "Previous Chief Inspectors". Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
    


12. 
    ^ "Durham Constabulary". Retrieved 21 June 2018.
    


13. 
    ^ "Durham police chief Jon Stoddart to leave the force after 30 years". The Journal. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
    


14. 
    ^ http://www.policememorial.org.uk/index.php?page=durham-constabulary
    

External links

• Official website

Video clips

• Durham YouTube channel

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