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West Mercia Police, formerly known as West Mercia Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Worcestershire in England. The force area covers making it the fourth largest police area in England and Wales. The resident population of the area is 1.19 million.〔 The force is divided into five divisions and represent a very wide spread of policing environments from densely populated urban conurbations on the edge of Birmingham and the city of Worcester to sparsely populated rural areas found in the rest of the force area. As of June 2014, the force employs 2367 police officers, 283 Police Community Support Officers, 1779 police staff and 224 members of the Special Constabulary.〔 West Mercia is Home Office force 22 and call sign YK. The force has its headquarters in the historical manor house and grounds of Hindlip Hall on the outskirts of the city of Worcester. Its badge combines the heraldry of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire. The force was formed on 1 October 1967, by the merger of the Worcestershire Constabulary, Herefordshire Constabulary, Shropshire Constabulary and Worcester City Police.〔()〕 It lost territory to West Midlands Police when that was constituted on 1 April 1974. It changed its name from "West Mercia Constabulary" to "West Mercia Police" on 5 May 2009. West Mercia is a partner, alongside two other forces, in the Central Motorway Police Group. In 2013 an alliance was formed with Warwickshire Police. Paul West, QPM, who retired as Chief Constable on 31 July 2011 is the longest serving Chief Constable in the force's history. He was succeeded by his Deputy Chief Constable, David Shaw, who took up the senior post on 1 August 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Chief Constable Appointed To Succeed Paul West )〕 ==Force area divisions== The force is organised into five territorial policing units (TPUs)〔 which are alphabetically coded geographically from south to north (C D E F & G). Operating across three counties, West Mercia Police maintains many stations, with each TPU having an HQ Police station. The TPUs are further divided into Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs); there are 82 SNTs across the force. Listed below are the TPUs and police stations maintained by the force: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Mercia Police」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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