Wiltshire Constabulary

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Wiltshire Constabulary
Wiltshire Constabulary
Wiltshire Constabulary area
Coverage
Area Wiltshire
Size 3,485
Population Approx 625,000
Operations
Formed 1839
HQ Devizes
Officers 1,227
Divisions 3
Stations 24
Chief Constable Martin Richards
Website Wiltshire Police

Wiltshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Wiltshire and Swindon in south-west England.

Wiltshire Police Authority has 9 councillors (from both Wiltshire County Council and Swindon Borough Council), 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.

The force was established in 1839 under the County Police Act 1839, and was the first county police force to be formed.

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