A territorial police force is a police service that is responsible for an area defined by sub-national boundaries, distinguished from other police services which deal with the entire country or a type of crime. In countries organized as federations , police responsible for individual sub-national jurisdictions are typically called state or provincial police .
22-705: South Yorkshire Police ( SYP ) is the territorial police force responsible for policing South Yorkshire in England . The force is led by Chief Constable Lauren Poultney. Oversight is conducted by Mayor Oliver Coppard . The force was formed in 1974, as a merger of the previous Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary along with part of the West Yorkshire Constabulary area (which Barnsley Borough Police and Doncaster Borough Police had been merged into on 1 October 1968). The force's roads policing unit and its helicopter, Sierra Yankee 99, have been
44-510: A child, who had been sexually abused and exploited by Asian men for several years from 2003 onwards. An unnamed chief inspector had told the investigation that the force had been aware of similar abuse for 30 years but had ignored it for fear of increasing racial tensions. In July 2020 the Independent Office of Police Conduct again considered the force's response in relation to the death of Amy-Leanne Stringfellow . In May 2016, it
66-746: A feature in three television series: Traffic Cops , Sky Cops and Police Interceptors . The helicopter unit was subsequently taken over by the National Police Air Service (NPAS), and closed down. The Police Roll of Honour Trust and Police Memorial Trust list and commemorate all British police officers killed in the line of duty. Since its establishment in 1984, the Police Memorial Trust has erected 50 memorials nationally to some of those officers. The list below shows sworn police officers who have died whilst on duty: The force has received national attention for
88-437: A fighting chance otherwise we will just be roadkill." On 27 April 2016, it was reported that the force's Chief Constable David Crompton was to be suspended following statements made by South Yorkshire Police after the verdict of the jury in the second Hillsborough disaster inquest . He was temporarily replaced by Deputy Chief Constable Dawn Copley, but the following day it was announced that she herself would be stepping down "in
110-453: Is 1.2 million. The force is divided into four basic command units (BCUs): Force headquarters is at Carbrook House, in Tinsley , Sheffield, following a move from Snig Hill police station in early 2013. This move saw the senior command team and other services (such as firearms licensing) move into one location, funded by the sale of outdated buildings, including West Bar police station, and
132-433: Is Lauren Poultney. She replaced Stephen Watson, who left South Yorkshire Police to take over as chief constable of Greater Manchester Police . Watson replaced Dawn Copley, the former deputy chief constable , who stood down a day after assuming the acting chief constable post due to 'her conduct at a previous force being investigated'. Copley assumed the post after David Crompton was suspended regarding comments made about
154-625: Is often inaccurate or inadequate as the words naturally exclude forces outside England and Wales , but include some special police forces over which the Home Secretary has some power. The police forces referred to as "territorial" are those whose police areas are defined by: Members of territorial police forces have jurisdiction in one of the three distinct legal systems of the United Kingdom – either England and Wales , Scotland or Northern Ireland . A police officer of one of
176-735: Is served by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary . The RCMP is also contracted to act as the territorial police force in Nunavut , Yukon and the Northwest Territories in addition to being the federal police force in those Canadian territories. A separate Sahrawi indigenous unit serving the Spanish colonial government was the Policia Territorial . This gendarmerie corresponded to
198-537: The Civil Guard in metropolitan Spain . It was commanded by Spanish officers and included Spanish personnel of all ranks. In the United Kingdom (UK) the phrase is gaining increased official (but not yet statutory ) use to describe the collection of forces responsible for general policing in areas defined with respect to local government areas. The phrase " Home Office Police" is commonly used but this
220-522: The Hillsborough disaster in 1989, which led to an apology from the then Chief Constable David Crompton . The Hillsborough Independent Panel had exposed the way in which the force had attempted to divert blame from their own mishandling of the tragedy by feeding false information to the media and altering statements given by their own officers. In June 2013, UK newspaper The Guardian reported on emails sent by Crompton in which he had suggested that
242-544: The Hillsborough disaster . South Yorkshire Police is governed by the Mayor of South Yorkshire . The incumbent mayor is Oliver Coppard , who was re-elected in 2024. The mayor is overseen by the police and crime panel. Before November 2012, police governance was undertaken by the South Yorkshire Police Authority, made up of elected councillors from the four metropolitan boroughs. In that month it
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#1732765098274264-580: The United Kingdom and when taking a person to or from a prison . The United Nations (UN) has operated territorial police forces in those parts of countries which have been under control of the UN from time to time. These were usually formed from police personnel on loan from member countries. A recent example is the use of such a force in East Timor in substitution for Indonesian National Police . Amy-Leanne Stringfellow Amy-Leanne Stringfellow
286-654: The aftermath of the Battle of Orgreave claiming he was told what to put in his statement "by a senior South Yorkshire detective" after he arrested a miner during the Orgreave confrontation. "I've never before or since, while I've been a police officer, been involved where effectively chunks of a statement were dictated. They weren't my words." The force was condemned by Prime Minister David Cameron in September 2012 for their dishonesty and gross negligence in their handling of
308-564: The families of fans killed at the Hillsborough disaster had been untruthful. In one, Crompton had written: "One thing is certain – the Hillsborough Campaign for Justice will be doing their version … in fact their version of certain events has become 'the truth' even though it isn't!! I just have the feeling that the media 'machine' favours the families and not us, so we need to be a bit more innovative in our response to have
330-603: The future sale of vacated properties. South Yorkshire Police is one of a number of police forces in the United Kingdom to merge its vehicle maintenance operations with their area fire service, merging maintenance operations with the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018. Joint maintenance operations are based at a workshop in Rotherham, which opened in late 2020. The chief constable since May 2021
352-466: The hearing. All of the men apart from the fifth were found not guilty of any offence by a jury – he had previously admitted four charges of misconduct in a public office. The police force covers an area of approximately 600 square miles (1,554 square kilometres) which is made up of the county's three boroughs ( Barnsley , Doncaster and Rotherham ) along with the City of Sheffield . The resident population
374-551: The interests of the force and the workforce" after an investigation into her conduct whilst serving as Assistant Chief Constable at Greater Manchester Police was reported. The force's judgement has been called into question over a number of incidents in the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal , where prosecutions were not undertaken. In January 2020, the Independent Office for Police Conduct found that South Yorkshire Police had taken insufficient action to protect from harm
396-613: The three legal systems has all the powers of a constable throughout their own legal system but limited powers in the other two legal systems. Certain exceptions where full police powers cross the border with the officer are when officers are providing planned support to another force such as the G8 Conference in Scotland in 2005 or COP26 officers of the Metropolitan Police who are on protection duties anywhere in
418-709: The unlawful killing of over 90 people in the Hillsborough Disaster , and the failure to investigate of child sex abuse in the Rotherham scandal in the 2000s. During the 1984 miners' strike , officers from South Yorkshire attacked striking miners then arrested 95 on the charge of rioting. It was found the Police Force had fabricated evidence, carried out false arrest and assaulted miners. No police officer has ever been disciplined or accepted responsibility for their actions. Ex officer Tony Munday has called for an inquiry into how South Yorkshire Police handled
440-641: Was a former soldier who was fatally beaten and stabbed in June 2020 by her ex-boyfriend while he was on bail for assaulting her previously. Amy-Leanne lived in Doncaster and was 26 when she died. An inquest into Amy-Leanne's death attracted press interest in the UK in 2021 as part of the coverage of violence against women in the wake of the death of Sarah Everard . South Yorkshire Police were also subject to an inquiry to determine if mistakes had been made regarding her previous complaints. Amy-Leanne's murderer used
462-683: Was reported that two serving police officers, a pilot serving with the National Police Air Service and two retired police officers who crewed the South Yorkshire Police helicopter were to stand trial accused of misusing the camera on the SY Police helicopter to film people who were naked or having sex. Four of the men denied charges of misconduct in a public office and were due to stand trial at Sheffield Crown Court on 17 July 2017. A fifth man did not appear at
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#1732765098274484-634: Was transferred to the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and then the PCC's responsibilities were merged into the mayor's role in May 2024. Territorial police force The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP/GRC) is the federal-level police service. It also acts as the provincial police service in every province except for Ontario , and Quebec , which operate provincial police services, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador , which
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