Northamptonshire Police
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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.
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Common name | Northants Police |
Abbreviation | NPS |
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Formed | 1 April 1966 |
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Employees | 2,236 |
Volunteers | 207 |
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Operations jurisdiction | Northamptonshire, UK |
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Size | 2,364 square kilometres (913 sq mi) |
Population | 723,000 |
Governing body | Home Office |
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Headquarters | Northampton |
Sworn Officers | 1,616 |
Unsworn members | 929 |
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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.