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44-582: The Hampstead Heath Constabulary consists of 12 constables and acts as the parks police for the Heath. The HHC is: called upon to enforce Byelaws, Common Law and Criminal Law, protect City of London property and provide a response to any incident that may disrupt the enjoyment of users of these sites . From their inauguration until 24 May 2018 some constables worked with general purpose police dogs, all licensed to National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC}/Home Office standards. They have been responsible for patrolling

88-530: A constable in relation to the bylaws and regulations, general law and specific legislation for open spaces. They work in close partnership with the Metropolitan Police , the territorial police force for Greater London, to which all serious criminal offences are passed for further investigation. They also maintain a close relationship with the City of London Police , who supply equipment and training to

132-575: A report of June 2012, has adopted the view that, despite the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, the retention of DNA in England and Wales remains an uncertain and illiberal regime. During the summer of 2011, Hugh Orde, then president of the ACPO, was seen wearing a dark blue police-style uniform with ACPO insignia, and was accused of wearing a fake uniform. Senior police officers claimed that the uniform

176-612: A national policy rather than replicate the work in each of their forces. For example, after the 1980–81 riots in 27 British cities including in St. Pauls and Brixton ACPO began to prepare the Public Order Manual of Tactical Operations and Related Matters . Police forces began training in its tactics late in 1983. ACPO was not a staff association. It acted for the police service, not its members. The separate Chief Police Officers Staff Association acts for chief officers. ACPO

220-468: A police collaboration agreement under Section 22A of the Police Act 1996 . UK policing sprang from local communities in the 1800s. Since the origins of policing, chief officers have regularly associated to discuss and share policing issues. Although ACPO as now recognised was formed in 1948, records of prior bodies go back to the early 1900s. The UK retains a decentralised model of policing based around

264-481: A retired Deputy Assistant Commissioner then seeking to be the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London , said: "It's unusual for the president of ACPO to appear in all these interviews in uniform. He is sending a clear signal: how would I look in the commissioner's uniform?" In 2013, an independent review of ACPO by General Sir Nick Parker was published. It recommended that ACPO be replaced by

308-597: Is Gavin Stephens. Michelle Skeer and Rachel Swann (chief constables of Cumbria Constabulary and Derbyshire Constabulary , respectively) support him as vice-chairs in addition to serving as chief officers within their forces. The Chief Constables' Council is the senior operational decision-making body for the National Police Chiefs' Council. Every police force is represented in the work of the NPCC through

352-627: Is a national coordination body for law enforcement in the United Kingdom and the representative body for senior police officers in the United Kingdom. Established on 1 April 2015, it replaced the former Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), following the Parker Review of the operations of ACPO. The NPCC was established on 1 April 2015 as the replacement organisation of the Association of Chief Police Officers . In 2010,

396-581: Is funded by contributions from each of the police forces. The Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) was set up in 2010 by ACPO (and run by the Metropolitan Police ) to remove unlawful terrorist material content from the Internet with a focus on UK based material. The December 2013 report of the Prime Minister's Extremism task force , said that it would "work with internet companies to restrict access to terrorist material online which

440-845: Is funded by police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as the armed services and some British overseas territories. Since 2019/20, following a letter of agreement with NPCC, the Police Service of Scotland contributes to the funding of the NPCC and has the same involvement in the governance and arrangements of the NPCC as any other member. It draws on the efforts and expertise of chief officers: those ranked assistant chief constable and above, or commander and above in MPS and City of London Police , and senior police staff equivalents. It coordinates police forces' collective operational responses to national threats such as terrorism, organised crime and national emergencies. The current NPCC chair

484-625: Is hosted overseas but illegal under UK law" and "work with the internet industry to help them in their continuing efforts to identify extremist content to include in family-friendly filters " which would likely involve lobbying ISPs to add the CTIRU list to their filters without the need for additional legislation. The National Wildlife Crime Unit is a national police unit that gathers intelligence on wildlife crime and provides analytical and investigative support to law enforcement agencies. ACPO had been criticised as being unaccountable to Parliament or

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528-453: Is worn on epaulettes in operational uniform and for Sergeants on the sleeves of tunics. Typical of British police agencies, constables and sergeants wear a collar number to identify themselves. The HHC patrol the heath on foot, mountain bike and in marked vehicles. The Heath Constabulary continue to use the term "Constabulary" rather than "Parks Police" to portray a more local and traditional aim of policing, but for those who are confused by

572-649: The Cameron Government announced a series of police reforms including local accountability through police and crime commissioners (PCC), and the creation of the National Crime Agency and the College of Policing . In 2013, the PCCs commissioned General Sir Nick Parker to review the services that ACPO provided and make recommendations about the requirements of a national policing body following

616-471: The High Court against government's plans to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from police funding. The Treasury planned to increase the money each force pays to the police pension scheme. This would involve forces paying a £420   million bill, as well as the 19% cut to police funding since 2010. Police chiefs maintain reductions have make it hard for forces to protect the public. Leaders of three of

660-637: The Police National Information and Co-ordination Centre (PNICC), which it set up in 2003. This included ensuring policing resilience during major events such as emergency response to serious flooding or the investigation of a terrorist attack. PNICC sat alongside the government in COBR ( Cabinet Office Briefing Room ) to advise on national issues. PNICC also handled support to overseas crises involving UK nationals. It employed three full-time staff, with other staff seconded to it as needed and

704-799: The UK Supreme Court in May 2011. They were found to be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights , following the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in S and Marper v United Kingdom . On 1 May 2012, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 completed its passage through Parliament and received Royal Assent . Up until it ceased to exist in 2015, ACPO did not reissue revised guidelines to replace its unlawful DNA exceptional procedure. Big Brother Watch , in

748-508: The Act, a large proportion of ACPO's work is public already or available under FOI through any police force". In January 2011 its website still said it: "is unable to do is to respond to requests for information under the Act. The organisation is too small and there are too few members of staff to be able to conduct the necessary research and to compile the responses". From November 2011, however, FOI requests could be made to ACPO. The organisation

792-591: The Chief Constables' Council. The Chief Constables’ Council is the primary decision-making forum for the NPCC. Chief constables (and equivalents) meet quarterly to discuss operational policing issues and agree action. Working with the College of Policing, the council takes decisions on national standards and common approaches with the aim of protecting the public from the most serious and strategic threats. In addition to their day jobs, chief officers support

836-586: The College of Policing to assist in the development of professional practice for police officers in different areas of policing. Representatives from the Government and other stakeholders in the criminal justice system and third sector are involved in the committees’ work to include a range of perspectives. The NPCC operates and/or collaborates with the following police projects: Association of Chief Police Officers The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland ( ACPO )

880-483: The Heath since 1992. Members of the constabulary are attested as constables under Article 18 of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967 before a City of London magistrate. The City of London Corporation is not a relevant local authority for the purposes of the 1967 Act. However, the power to attest officers is enabled by article 5(1) of

924-539: The London Government Reorganisation (Hampstead Heath) Order 1989, which allows the City of London Corporation to exercise the same functions that the former Greater London Council had in relation to Hampstead Heath. This creates a legal anomaly in that the constabulary powers afforded by their attestation only relate to Hampstead Heath and cannot be exercised in any other park or open space under

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968-563: The NPCC's work by providing national operational perspectives on particular crime and policing issues. There are eleven broad coordination committees, each led by a chief officer. Within each area, chief officers may also lead on specific issues - for example, under the Crime Operations Coordination Committee there are individual leads for domestic abuse, rape, drugs and cyber-crime. The coordination committees cover: Coordination committees work closely with

1012-665: The UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands were also members. As of March 2010 , there were 349 members of ACPO. The membership elected a full-time President, who held the office of Chief Constable under the Police Reform Act 2002. ACPO was responsible for several ancillary bodies, which it either funded or which received Home Office funding but which reported to ACPO: The ACPO Criminal Records Office (ACRO)

1056-610: The United States, and Canada, are being processed manually by email, during the forced shut down, until the systems are fixed. The Association of Chief Police Officers Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS), later the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NAVCIS), was managed by ACPO, and was responsible for combating organised vehicle crime and the use of vehicles in crime. The National Community Tension Team (NCTT)

1100-531: The United States. The organisation continues under the style "ACRO Criminal Records Office" under the control of Hampshire Constabulary . Between 17 January 2023 and 21 March 2023, a two-month cybersecurity incident affected the ACPO Criminal Records Office (ACRO) website. On 21 March 2023, ACRO announced that applications were no longer available online. Applications for police certificates, crucial for some visas to New Zealand,

1144-808: The activities and accusations of PC Mark Kennedy of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit within the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit, and the collapse of the subsequent trial of six activists, a number of initiatives and changes were announced: ACPO has supervised the creation of one of the world's largest per-capita DNA databases, containing the DNA profiles of more than one million unconvicted people. ACPO's guidelines that these profiles should only be deleted in "exceptional circumstances" were found to be unlawful by

1188-563: The biggest forces fear officer levels will drop to those of the 1970s. The NPCC fears if the £420   million bill is dealt with only by cutting police numbers, this will mean 10,000 fewer officers. The NPCC is founded by a legal agreement between chief constables , PCCs, and non-Home Office police force equivalents under Section 22A of the Police Act 1996 . It is hosted by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) but acts independently. The NPCC brings together and

1232-562: The control of the City of London. The officers are appointed under Section 16 of the Corporation of London Open Spaces Act 1878, which gives them the powers "within any open space under the control of the City of London Corporation; other than Epping Forest ", which is specifically excluded from the legislation. This additional power differentiates them from other parks constabularies , as it gives Heath officers full police powers, within their jurisdiction. Thus, they enjoy full powers of

1276-478: The fundamental changes in policing. In 2014, a group of chief officers and PCCs began working together to implement Parker's recommendations and develop a national body. Chief officers voted in support of the group's proposals in July 2014. Chief Constable Sara Thornton was appointed to chair the NPCC on 2 December 2014. ACPO was closed down on 31 March 2015. In October 2018, the NPCC threatened to take legal action in

1320-570: The police service. ACPO failed to convince its sponsors to contribute to its survival and in May 2011 the BBC reported that ACPO would run out of money in February 2012 without extra funding. ACPO was half-funded by the Home Office and half by 44 police authorities . A third of police authorities refused to pay in 2010 and another third were undecided. The Association of Police Authorities said

1364-566: The public by virtue of its limited company status. In October 2009, Sir Hugh Orde stated that ACPO would be "more than happy" to be subject to the Freedom of Information Act . On 30 March 2010, the Ministry of Justice announced that ACPO would be included under the FOI Act from October 2011. In its response, the organisation stated that "Although organisations cannot voluntarily comply with

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1408-564: The service, and further training is also supplied by Surrey Police . As administered as part of the City of London, the constabulary share a similar uniform with the City of London Police and have red and white chequered sleeve and cap bands (red and white being the colours of the City of London) on their caps, which in most other British police forces are black and white. The operational uniform consists of: As constables they are authorised to carry and use batons , in addition to handcuffs, torches, radios and other typical police equipment. Rank

1452-544: The settlement which emerged from the Royal Commission on the work of the Police in 1962. ACPO continued to provide a forum for chief officers across 44 local police forces and 13 national areas across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and provided local forces with agreed national policies and guidelines. Originally more of a gentleman's club, it soon evolved into an effective body for representing senior ranks in

1496-400: The status of ACPO, including charitable status, but all were discounted. Chief constables and commissioners are responsible for the direction and control of policing in their force areas. Although a national body and recognized by the government for consultation, ACPO had no powers of its own, nor any mandate to instruct chief officers. However, the organisation allowed chief officers to form

1540-508: The term the words "Policing Hampstead Heath" have been added to their vehicles to clarify their aim. The constables are paid for out of charitable and private funds held by the City of London Corporation, and as such, their activity is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act . This contrasts with the status of most other constables appointed within non-territorial police forces, such as port police. National Police Chiefs%27 Council The National Police Chiefs' Council ( NPCC )

1584-519: The withdrawal of funding by police authorities was "partly due to a squeeze on their income". ACPO was due to wind up formally in April 2015. Over time, demands for coordination across the police service increased as society changed, for example to take account of new developments in international terrorism and organised crime, or roles such as monitoring offenders on release from prison or working with young people to divert them from crime. In 1997, ACPO

1628-545: Was Sir Hugh Orde , who was previously the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland . ACPO was funded by Home Office grants, profits from commercial activities and contributions from the 44 police authorities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Following the Parker Review into ACPO, it was replaced in 2015 by a new body, the National Police Chiefs' Council , set up under

1672-793: Was a not-for-profit private limited company that for many years led the development of policing practices in England , Wales , and Northern Ireland . Established in 1948, ACPO provided a forum for chief police officers to share ideas and coordinate their strategic operational responses, and advised government in matters such as terrorist attacks and civil emergencies. ACPO coordinated national police operations, major investigations, cross-border policing, and joint law enforcement. ACPO designated Senior Investigative Officers for major investigations and appointed officers to head ACPO units specialising in various areas of policing and crime reduction. The last ACPO president, from April 2009 until its dissolution,

1716-496: Was an ACPO body which monitored religious, racial, or other tensions within communities, and provided liaison between police forces and community organisations. The National Counter Terrorism Security Office was funded by, and reported to, ACPO and advised the British government on its counter terrorism strategy. ACPO was responsible for coordinating the national mobilisation of police resources at times of national need through

1760-521: Was composed of the chief police officers of the 44 police forces in England and Wales and Northern Ireland , the deputy chief constable and assistant chief constable of 42 of those forces and the deputy commissioner , assistant commissioner , deputy assistant commissioner and commanders of the remaining two – the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police . Certain senior non-police staff and senior members of national police agencies and certain other specialised and non-geographical forces in

1804-401: Was criticised in February 2010 for allegedly spending £1.6   million per year from government anti-terrorist funding grants on renting up to 80 apartments in the centre of London which were reported as being empty most of the time. The organisation responded that it had reviewed this policy and would reduce the number of apartments. As a result of The Guardian articles with regards to

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1848-617: Was incorporated as a private company limited by guarantee . As a private company, ACPO was not subject to freedom of information legislation . It was not a staff association; the staff association for senior police officers was a separate body, the Chief Police Officers Staff Association (CPOSA). The change in structure from a "band of volunteers" to a limited company allowed the organisation to employ staff, enter into contracts for accommodation and publish accounts. A number of options were considered for

1892-474: Was not that of any police force in the country but "closely resembled" the uniform worn by former Metropolitan Police commissioner , Paul Stephenson . Sam Leith , an author, journalist and literary editor of The Spectator , mocked Orde's decision "to wear this Gadaffi-style pretend uniform on television", and suggested it was "a subliminal pitch for the Met Commissioner's job." Brian Paddick ,

1936-512: Was set up in 2006 in response to a perceived gap in the police service's ability to manage criminal records and in particular to improve links to biometric data. The initial aim of ACRO was to provide operational support relating to criminal records and associated biometric data, including DNA and fingerprint recognition . It also issues police certificates, for a fee, needed to obtain immigration visas for countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, South Africa and

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