Police

New Independent Police Complaints Commission established under section 9-14 of police Reform Act July 2002 - ??????????

Police complaints authority www.pca.gov.uk 

HM Inspector of constabulary http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/hmic.htm Force reports at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/forces.htm 

Gloucestershire Constabulary HMI reports

National police  website www.police.uk  (full county lists at bottom of this page)

Home office police page (mostly links to other gov sites) http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/new_indexs/index_police.htm 

Association of police authorities http://www.apa.police.uk/

Constabulary - history of the British police.

Isle of Man Special Constabulary - web site

Northern Ireland police ombudsman www.policeombudsman.org  

Add on services

Criminal Records Bureau - records for England and Wales.

Scottish Criminal Records Office - web site.

National Crime Information Service - information service serving the UK's police forces.

Forensic Science Service - official web site.

TRACE - on line help in finding stolen goods

PoliceOracle - portal and information centre for UK forces.

Police Organised Crime Unit - Specialist Home Office Unit

Police Research Group - department of the UK's Home Office

Police Scientific Development Branch - Home Office Department

UK Police dot com - unofficial site

MI5 - some may say secret

Serious Fraud Office - web site.

K9 police and similar supplies http://www.k9sceneofcrime.co.uk/toc.htm

Training

Training - National Police Training website. (Needs a code to get in.)

Scottish Police College - training for Scotland

Advance Training - commercial site offering free material for probationers and promotion exam hopefuls.

Centrex - the organisation concerned primarily with initial recruit training (formally National Police Training)

Ospre Support - a site offering support for those taking the police promotion examinations

 

Representing officers and others

Association of chief police officers www.acpo.police.uk

Police Federation - representation for the federated ranks.

British Transport Police Federation

Suffolk Police Federation

Association of Scottish Chief Police Officers - web site.

Association of Police Surgeons - web site.

Lesbian and Gay Police Association - web site

Off Duty - web site for retired police officers.

Scottish Police Federation - representation for the federated ranks.

NARPO - official site for the National Association for Retired Police Officers.

Police Forces of the United Kingdom

England

Wales

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Islands

Non Geographical Police Forces

see also some special units under 'add on services' above

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