Northamptonshire Police

Northamptonshire Police
Northamptonshire Police
Common name	Northants Police
Abbreviation	NorPol
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);
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
	; Wootton Hall Park, Northampton NN4 0JQ
Sworn Officers	1,616
Unsworn members	929
Elected officer responsible	Danielle Stone, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner;
Agency executives	Ivan Balhatchet, Chief Constable; Ash Tuckley, Deputy Chief Constable; Paul Bullen, Assistant Chief Officer;
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.