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Thames Valley Police
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{{Infobox UK Police |
| name= Thames Valley Police
| area=
BerkshireBuckinghamshireOxfordshire
| start= 1968
| population= 2.1 million
| size=
1 E9 m² 5,700 square kilometre km²
| officers= 4,189
| title= Chief Constable
| head= Acting Chief Constable Sara Thornton
| divname= BCUs
| divno= 5
| stations=
| HQ=
Kidlington
| map= Image:EnglandPoliceThamesValley.png
| image=
| web= http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk
}}
'''Thames Valley Police''' is one of the largest
Home Office police services in
England and the largest non-
metropolitan counties of England metropolitan one, covering 2200 sq mi (5,700 km²) and a population of 2.1 million. They are responsible for the
Thames Valley area covered by the
ceremonial counties of England ceremonial counties of
Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire and
Oxfordshire.
In December 2003, Thames Valley Police employed over 6,000 staff, including 4,189 police officers. Its
motto is ''Sit pax in valle tamesis'' (
Latin: 'Peace in Thames Valley') {{ref|crest}}; its
slogan is ''reducing crime, disorder and fear''.
Police authority
Thames Valley
Police Authority has 10 elected members, with two from Oxfordshire County Council, one from
Buckinghamshire County Council, and one each from the
unitary authority unitary authorities of
Bracknell Forest,
Milton Keynes (borough) Milton Keynes,
Slough,
Reading, Berkshire Reading,
Slough,
Wokingham (district) Wokingham,
West Berkshire, and
Windsor and Maidenhead. There are three
justices of the peace, one each from Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.{{ref|members}}
History
The Thames Valley Police force was formed in 1968 through the amalgamation of the
Buckinghamshire Constabulary, the
Berkshire Constabulary,
Oxford City Police, the
Oxfordshire Constabulary and the
Reading Borough Police.
Proposals made by the
Home Secretary on
March 20,
2006 would see the force stay as a single strategic police force for the area. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4825524.stm]
Locations
The headquarters of Thames Valley Police is at Oxford Road,
Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The force is covered by two control rooms, with the one in
Abingdon covering North and South Oxon, Oxford city, Reading and West Berkshire, whilst the control room in
Milton Keynes covers Buckinghamshire and east Berkshire.
The former headquarters of the Berkshire County Police at Sulhamstead House in
Sulhamstead is still used by the Thames Valley Police as its training college. It is also the location of the
Thames Valley Police Museum.
There are also several Traffic Department (Roads Policing) bases at strategic locations around the force at Abingdon, Bicester, Taplow, Amersham, Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Three Mile Cross and Chieveley.
Image:ThamesValleyPoliceStationOxford20060325 KaihsuTai.jpg thumb|right|Thames Valley Police station in St Aldate's, [[Oxford.]]
In the media
The most famous Thames Valley Police officer may be the fictional
Inspector Morse, the main character in 13 novels by
Colin Dexter and 33 television episodes by
ITV.
Beginning in 2003 a
Sky One programme, ''
Road Wars'', followed the fourteen members of the Roads Policing Proactive Team while they carried out their duties. The unit operates high-specification unmarked
Vauxhall Omegas and is tasked with "proactive" crime prevention and general traffic policing.
See also
*
Policing in the United Kingdom
*
List of police forces in the United Kingdom
*
Thames Valley
References
*{{note|crest}} Thames Valley Police. ''[http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/crest.htm Thames Valley Police Authority - Coat of Arms]''. Retrieved
October 25,
2005.
*{{note|members}} Thames Valley Police Authority. ''[http://www.tvpa.police.uk/about/members.htm Who we are - Members]''. Retrieved
January 24,
2006.
External links
-
Thames Valley Police official website
-
Thames Valley Police Authority
-
Sulhamstead House
-
Home Office circular 68-1968 announcing the force's creation
{{England and Wales Police}}
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Category:Buckinghamshire Police
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