Port of Felixstowe Police
| Port of Felixstowe Police | |
|---|---|
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1975 |
| Employees | 30 police 64 security guards |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | UK |
| Legal jurisdiction | Port of Felixstowe and up to 1-mile (1.6 km) from boundary. |
| Constituting instrument | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Police Dept, Port of Felixstowe, The Dock, IP11 3SY |
| Constables | 24 |
| Security guards | 64 |
| Agency executive |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 1 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Port of Felixstowe Police is a non-
Jurisdiction
Officers of this force are sworn in as special constables under section 79 of the
Establishment
The force is commanded by the Chief Police Officer (currently J I Whitby), and is additionally made up of one inspector, four sergeants and 18 constables. Two controllers and one secretary support the force.[4]
Constables work in one of four watches, designated 'A Watch', 'B Watch', 'C Watch', and 'D Watch', each supervised by a sergeant. For operational reasons, each watch requires a deputy supervisor, for which purpose four constables (one per watch) are afforded the rank of acting sergeant.[5] As this is not a substantive rank, they are referenced as constables in policing statistics. The four watches report to the inspector, who as operations officer also supervises the control room and its two controllers.
The 24 sworn police officers are assisted by three administrative staff and 64 contract security guards, who carry out routine gate control and search duties.[6]
Station sergeant
The rank of
Rank table
The following table illustrates the ranks used in the force.
| Rank | Chief Officer
(Chief Inspector) |
Inspector | Station sergeant (Until 2015) |
Sergeant | Police
Constable |
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Notes:
Exact formats vary between uniform types.
The illustrations are generic and illustrative.
The collar numbers are typical of this police force.
Operations
The Port of Felixstowe Police has self-defined its operational responsibilities under eight headings:[8]
- Security at the port
- Police protection to persons and property (including cargo)
- Facilitating lawful free movement
- Enforcing ISPS security code
- Police assistance at incidents, accidents, and emergencies
- Traffic management for the port complex (and outside the port, in conjunction with Suffolk Constabulary)
- Escorting abnormal or specialist loads
- Crime prevention, and crime reduction advice
The local Home Office police force, Suffolk Constabulary, are responsible for dealing with serious crime incidents within the port.
See also
- Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
- List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ a b "Port of Felixstowe: Port Protection".
- ^ "Port of Felixstowe y". Ingersoll Rand. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
- ^ "MITIE secures the Port of Felixstowe and forms security partnership". Property & Facilities Management. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ "Port of Felixstowe Police Freedom of Information Publication Scheme" (PDF). Port of Felixstowe. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ See the force reporting structure table
- ^ See Port of Felixstowe Police 'background' section at Accountability & Standards Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, page 29.
- ^ See table
- ^ See section 11 of the Port FoI Publication Scheme.