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class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">Be safe, feel safe</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">20 April 1857<span class="noprint">; 167 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">20 April 1857</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>2,088 Police Officers<sup id="cite_ref-structure1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>168 <a href="/wiki/Police_Community_Support_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Community Support Officer">PCSOs</a><sup id="cite_ref-structure1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">£169.8 million (2018–19)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Jurisdictional structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operations jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data">Cheshire, England</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:England_Police_Forces_(Cheshire).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/England_Police_Forces_%28Cheshire%29.svg/206px-England_Police_Forces_%28Cheshire%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="206" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/England_Police_Forces_%28Cheshire%29.svg/309px-England_Police_Forces_%28Cheshire%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/England_Police_Forces_%28Cheshire%29.svg/412px-England_Police_Forces_%28Cheshire%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="1345" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Map of <a href="/wiki/Police_area" title="Police area">police area</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">905 square miles (2,340 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">1.1 million</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legal jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner" title="Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner">Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1996" title="Police Act 1996">Police Act 1996</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General nature</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency#locpol" title="Law enforcement agency">Local civilian police</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Operational structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overseen by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_%26_Rescue_Services" title="His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services">His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Office_for_Police_Conduct" title="Independent Office for Police Conduct">Independent Office for Police Conduct</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Clemonds Hey, <a href="/wiki/Winsford" title="Winsford">Winsford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constables</th><td class="infobox-data">2,369 (of which 281 are Special Constables)<sup id="cite_ref-structure1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Police Community Support Officers</th><td class="infobox-data">168<sup id="cite_ref-structure1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner" title="Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner">Police and Crime Commissioner</a> responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Price_(police_commissioner)" title="Dan Price (police commissioner)">Dan Price</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Mark Roberts, <a href="/wiki/Chief_constable" title="Chief constable">Chief constable</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local Policing Units</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Facilities</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations</th><td class="infobox-data">22</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cheshire.police.uk/">www<wbr />.cheshire<wbr />.police<wbr />.uk</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5092942#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cheshire Constabulary</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_police_force" title="Territorial police force">territorial police force</a> responsible for policing the ceremonial county of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a> in North West England, comprising the <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authorities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester" title="Cheshire West and Chester">Cheshire West and Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Halton" title="Borough of Halton">Borough of Halton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Warrington" title="Borough of Warrington">Borough of Warrington</a>. The force is responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km<sup>2</sup>) with a population of approximately 1 million people. </p><p>Chief Constable Mark Roberts was appointed in 2021. The deputy chief constable is Chris Armitt, appointed in September 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History<span class="anchor" id="Cheshire_Constables_Act_1829"></span><span class="anchor" id="Cheshire_Constabulary_Act_1852"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">Cheshire Constables Act 1829</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/10_Geo._4" class="mw-redirect" title="10 Geo. 4">10 Geo. 4</a>. c. <i>97</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1 June 1829</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Other legislation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Repeal" title="Repeal">Repealed by</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Cheshire Constabulary Act 1852</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><div style="background-color: #ffcccc;">Status: Repealed</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo4/10/97/pdfs/ukla_18290097_en.pdf">Text of statute as originally enacted</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">Cheshire Constabulary Act 1852</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/15_%26_16_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="15 & 16 Vict.">15 & 16 Vict.</a> c. xxxi</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Other legislation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Repeals/revokes</th><td class="infobox-data">Cheshire Constables Act 1829</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Repeal" title="Repeal">Repealed by</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_County_Council_Act_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheshire County Council Act 1980">Cheshire County Council Act 1980</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><div style="background-color: #ffcccc;">Status: Repealed</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/15-16/31/pdfs/ukla_18520031_en.pdf">Text of statute as originally enacted</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>A constabulary was first formed in the county under the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Constabulary_Act_1829" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheshire Constabulary Act 1829">Cheshire Constabulary Act 1829</a> (<a href="/wiki/10_Geo._4" class="mw-redirect" title="10 Geo. 4">10 Geo. 4</a>. c. <i>97</i>) which was amended by the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Constabulary_Act_1852" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheshire Constabulary Act 1852">Cheshire Constabulary Act 1852</a> (<a href="/wiki/15_%26_16_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="15 & 16 Vict.">15 & 16 Vict.</a> c. xxxi). The passage of the <a href="/wiki/County_and_Borough_Police_Act_1856" title="County and Borough Police Act 1856">County and Borough Police Act</a> in 1856 led to the dissolution of this force and the creation of a second constabulary. Many of the officers continued to serve in the new force and there were clauses in the Act which allowed their pension rights to continue. </p><p>The first chief constable was Captain Thomas Johnnes Smith, late of the <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_Militia" title="Bedfordshire Militia">Bedfordshire Militia</a>. The first full Cheshire Police Committee met at the Crewe Arms Hotel, <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a>, on 3 February 1857 and the new Cheshire Constabulary was officially formed on 20 April 1857.<sup id="cite_ref-CC_history_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC_history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first headquarters was established at 4 Seller Street, <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>. In 1862 this office was removed to 1 Egerton Street, Chester and remained there until 1870, when it was removed to 113 Foregate Street. In 1893, the Court of Quarter Sessions approved the building of a new Headquarters which was erected at <a href="/wiki/142_Foregate_Street,_Chester" title="142 Foregate Street, Chester">142 Foregate Street</a> and designed by <a href="/wiki/John_Douglas_(English_architect)" title="John Douglas (English architect)">John Douglas</a>, at a cost not exceeding £2,000. This continued to be used, together with the adjoining buildings, until 1967, when a new purpose-built Headquarters was opened at Nuns Road, Chester. This building served the constabulary until 2004 when the Headquarters building moved to a purpose-built complex at Clemonds Hey, <a href="/wiki/Winsford" title="Winsford">Winsford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CC_history_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC_history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965, the force had an establishment of 1,359 and an actual strength of 1,329.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was proposed by the <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> on 6 February 2006, that Cheshire should merge with the <a href="/wiki/Merseyside_Police" title="Merseyside Police">Merseyside Police</a>, to form a strategic police force,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but these proposals were later abandoned. </p><p>The Museum of Policing in Cheshire preserves and researches the heritage of policing in the county. </p><p>In June 2022, Cheshire Police announced that they will start using facial recognition technology in a bid to help identify offenders. The Technology will be used retrospectively to compare images such as CCTV against pictures held on the police national database.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The incumbent <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner" title="Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner">Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner</a> (PCC) is Dan Price, appointed in May 2024. The PCC is scrutinised by the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel, made up of elected councillors from the local authorities in the police area. Before November 2012, the force was governed by the Cheshire Police Authority. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_constables">Chief constables</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief constables"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheshire_Constabulary_help_out_on_the_DLR,_London_Olympic_games_(7718726568).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cheshire_Constabulary_help_out_on_the_DLR%2C_London_Olympic_games_%287718726568%29.jpg/263px-Cheshire_Constabulary_help_out_on_the_DLR%2C_London_Olympic_games_%287718726568%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="263" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cheshire_Constabulary_help_out_on_the_DLR%2C_London_Olympic_games_%287718726568%29.jpg/395px-Cheshire_Constabulary_help_out_on_the_DLR%2C_London_Olympic_games_%287718726568%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cheshire_Constabulary_help_out_on_the_DLR%2C_London_Olympic_games_%287718726568%29.jpg/526px-Cheshire_Constabulary_help_out_on_the_DLR%2C_London_Olympic_games_%287718726568%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Cheshire Police officers on the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway_rolling_stock" title="Docklands Light Railway rolling stock">DLR</a> helping to police the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">London Olympic Games</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The force has had a number of chief constables:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Captain Thomas Johnes Smith (1857 to 1870) (First Chief Constable of Cheshire)</li> <li>Captain John William Arrowsmith (1870 to 1881)</li> <li>Colonel John Henry Hamersley (1881–1910)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant Colonel Pulteney Malcolm (1910 to 1934)</li> <li>Captain Archibald Frederick Hordern (1934 to 1935) (<a href="/wiki/Chief_Constable_of_Lancashire" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Constable of Lancashire">Chief Constable of Lancashire</a>, 1935–50)</li> <li>Major Sir Jack Becke (1935 to 1946) (knighted in <a href="/wiki/1944_Birthday_Honours" title="1944 Birthday Honours">1944 Birthday Honours</a>)</li> <li>Godwin Edward Banwell (1946 to 1963)</li> <li>Henry Watson (1963 to 1974)</li> <li>William Kelsall (1974 to 1977)</li> <li>George Edward Fenn (1977 to 1984)</li> <li>David J. Graham (1984 to 1993)</li> <li>J. Mervyn Jones (1993 to 1997)</li> <li>Nigel K. Burgess (1997 to 2002)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fahy" title="Peter Fahy">Peter Fahy</a> (2002 to 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Whatton" title="David Whatton">David Whatton</a> (2008 to 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Byrne_(police_officer)" title="Simon Byrne (police officer)">Simon Byrne</a> (2014 to 2017)</li> <li>Janette McCormick (acting; 2017 to 2019)</li> <li>Darren Martland (2019 to 2021)</li> <li>Mark Roberts (2021 to present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty">Officers killed in the line of duty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Officers killed in the line of duty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_British_police_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty" title="List of British police officers killed in the line of duty">List of British police officers killed in the line of duty</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Police_Roll_of_Honour_Trust" title="Police Roll of Honour Trust">Police Roll of Honour Trust</a> and <a href="/wiki/Police_Memorial_Trust" title="Police Memorial Trust">Police Memorial Trust</a> 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. </p><p>Since 1788, the following officers of Cheshire Constabulary, or its predecessor organisations, were killed while attempting to prevent, stop or resolve a crime:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Officer John Parry, 1788 (killed arresting a suspect on warrant).</li> <li>Police Constable Charles Alfred Cartledge, 1894 (fatally injured stopping a disturbance).</li> <li>Police Constable Alfred Kerns, 1900 (fatally injured during a struggle with two men).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constabulary covers the council areas of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester" title="Cheshire West and Chester">Cheshire West and Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halton_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Halton (borough)">Halton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a>. In 2015, the structure of the force was changed to cover nine Local Policing Units (LPUs) across the county. </p> <ul><li>Chester</li> <li>Crewe</li> <li>Ellesmere Port</li> <li>Macclesfield</li> <li>Congleton</li> <li>Northwich</li> <li>Warrington</li></ul> <ul><li><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:England_-_Cheshire_Police_(oblong)_(6421761187).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/England_-_Cheshire_Police_%28oblong%29_%286421761187%29.jpg/220px-England_-_Cheshire_Police_%28oblong%29_%286421761187%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/England_-_Cheshire_Police_%28oblong%29_%286421761187%29.jpg/330px-England_-_Cheshire_Police_%28oblong%29_%286421761187%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/England_-_Cheshire_Police_%28oblong%29_%286421761187%29.jpg/440px-England_-_Cheshire_Police_%28oblong%29_%286421761187%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1857" data-file-height="1830" /></a><figcaption>Chesire Police Patch</figcaption></figure>Runcorn</li> <li>Warrington</li> <li>Widnes</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basic_command_unit_structure">Basic command unit structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Basic command unit structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each area has several specialist teams, namely: </p> <ul><li>Local Policing Units, each with local neighbourhood policing teams and investigation teams. The units concentrate on responding to both emergency and non-emergency calls, preventing and detecting local crime and targeting offenders, building contacts in the local community, resolving problems by working with local organisations and individuals, and being visible and accessible.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department" title="Criminal Investigation Department">Criminal Investigation Departments</a> detect serious crime</li> <li>Customer Service Desks ensure incidents are dealt with promptly and the public get a better service</li> <li>Public Protection Units deal with domestic abuse, stalking and harassment, honour-based violence, elder abuse and child protection.</li> <li>Intelligence Units and Pro-active Policing Units target persistent criminals</li> <li>Partnership Development Units</li> <li>Custody Investigation Teams, consist of a combination of interviewing police officers and civilian staff members who interview persons detained in the custody suite suspected of committing an offence.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Headquarters-based_teams">Headquarters-based teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Headquarters-based teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following centralised teams operate from force headquarters: </p> <ul><li>Central Roads Policing Unit</li> <li>Centralised Crime Recording Bureau</li> <li>Contingency Planning/Events Coordinators</li> <li>Force Major Investigation Team</li> <li>Specialised Support Units</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_policing">Road policing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Road policing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheshire_Police_ANPR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Cheshire_Police_ANPR.jpg/220px-Cheshire_Police_ANPR.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Cheshire_Police_ANPR.jpg/330px-Cheshire_Police_ANPR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Cheshire_Police_ANPR.jpg/440px-Cheshire_Police_ANPR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4605" data-file-height="2539" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Automatic_number-plate_recognition" title="Automatic number-plate recognition">ANPR</a> traffic car pictured in 2020</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheshire_Police_-_peugeot_308.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Cheshire_Police_-_peugeot_308.jpg/220px-Cheshire_Police_-_peugeot_308.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Cheshire_Police_-_peugeot_308.jpg/330px-Cheshire_Police_-_peugeot_308.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Cheshire_Police_-_peugeot_308.jpg/440px-Cheshire_Police_-_peugeot_308.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3963" data-file-height="2121" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peugeot_308" title="Peugeot 308">Peugeot 308</a> beat car pictured in 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>The Cheshire road system is made up of 3,417 miles (5,499 km) of highway. The constabulary is responsible for policing one of the longest stretches of motorway in Britain. The force patrols 214 miles (344 km) of the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a>, <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a>, <a href="/wiki/M53_motorway" title="M53 motorway">M53</a> and <a href="/wiki/M56_motorway" title="M56 motorway">M56</a> motorways, which has 23 interchanges and four service areas. The M6 motorway across the <a href="/wiki/Thelwall_Viaduct" title="Thelwall Viaduct">Thelwall Viaduct</a> carries 140,000 vehicles every 24 hours. Delays and incidents on the motorway can have a severe impact on the economic life of the entire North West Region.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_operations_unit">Air operations unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Air operations unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The force no longer has an air operations unit. Since 2012 aviation support has been provided by the <a href="/wiki/National_Police_Air_Service" title="National Police Air Service">National Police Air Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, in December 2001, Cheshire Police began operating a <a href="/wiki/Britten-Norman_Islander" class="mw-redirect" title="Britten-Norman Islander">Britten-Norman Islander</a> fixed-wing aircraft. It was particularly suited to <a href="/wiki/Police_aviation" title="Police aviation">police aviation</a> as it was able to carry a wide range of equipment and stay airborne for long periods of time. This equipment allowed it to operate during the day or night, in most weather conditions. </p><p>On 27 February 2009, the Constabulary confirmed that the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> had agreed to jointly fund the purchase of a new £1<span class="nowrap"> </span>million <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_EC135" title="Eurocopter EC135">Eurocopter EC135</a> aircraft, to be operational 24 hours a day.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fixed-wing aircraft was retired when the new helicopter came into operation. </p><p>The aircraft was operated by a team of civilian pilots, four police observers and one sergeant ensure it was available all year. The aircraft was used to conduct a wide range of policing work providing emergency responses to incidents involving threat to life, commission of crime and searching for missing persons. It also conducted deployments for non-crime searches, scene management at incidents and video evidence gathering. </p><p>On 18 July 2011, the North West Air Operations Group was launched. It was a regional collaboration between five forces and police authorities. The service dispatched aircraft from a regional command desk to incidents across Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and North Wales. The five forces in the North had four helicopters, based at four different locations throughout the North West, providing a service anywhere in the region, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_and_sex_discrimination_in_recruitment">Race and sex discrimination in recruitment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Race and sex discrimination in recruitment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2019, Cheshire Constabulary was found guilty of discrimination, having refused to give an applicant a job because he was a white heterosexual man. Despite the applicant, university graduate Matthew Furlong, being judged to have been "well prepared", he was nevertheless rejected for the job with the force falsely claiming that 127 of the other candidates had been equally suitable for the role, a claim an employment tribunal described as a "fallacy". The tribunal was told that Acting Chief Constable Janette McCormick believed "passionately about positive action" and it ruled that Furlong had been a victim of direct discrimination on the grounds of his sexual orientation, with the case believed to be the first in the UK of an organisation misusing positive action to discriminate illegally.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cheshire Constabulary is a partner in the following collaborations: </p> <ul><li>Alliance Armed Policing Unit (Cheshire and North Wales)</li> <li>Cheshire and North Wales Police Dogs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Police_Underwater_Search_%26_Marine_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit">North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Motorway_Police_Group" title="North West Motorway Police Group">North West Motorway Police Group</a></li> <li>Safer Schools & Young People's Partnerships</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crime_statistics">Crime statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Crime statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output 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0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Between 2005 and 2007, Cheshire Constabulary's crime statistics for recorded crimes were:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>April 2005 – December 2006 </th> <th>April 2006 – December 2007 </th> <th>Percentage Change </th></tr> <tr> <td>Burglary (dwelling) </td> <td>3657 </td> <td>3333 </td> <td>−9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Burglary (other) </td> <td>4960 </td> <td>4566 </td> <td>−8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Theft from vehicle </td> <td>6382 </td> <td>5472 </td> <td>−14% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Theft of vehicle </td> <td>2645 </td> <td>2195 </td> <td>−17% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Violent offences </td> <td>14942 </td> <td>14038 </td> <td>−6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other offences </td> <td>40524 </td> <td>38575 </td> <td>−5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Total crime</i> </td> <td><i>73110</i> </td> <td><i>68179</i> </td> <td><i>-7%</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="PEEL_inspection">PEEL inspection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: PEEL inspection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_%26_Rescue_Services" title="His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services">His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services</a> (HMICFRS) conducts a periodic police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspection of each police service's performance. In its latest PEEL inspection, Cheshire Constabulary was rated as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><span class="nowrap"> </span></th> <th>Outstanding</th> <th>Good</th> <th>Adequate</th> <th>Requires Improvement</th> <th>Inadequate </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td><b>2021/22 rating</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Preventing crime</li><li>Treatment of the public</li><li>Developing a positive workplace</li></ul></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Investigating crime</li><li>Protecting vulnerable people</li><li>Good use of resources</li><li>Recording data about crime</li></ul></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Responding to the public</li><li>Managing offenders</li></ul></div> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cheshire_Constabulary_and_the_media">Cheshire Constabulary and the media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cheshire Constabulary and the media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 2005/06, the force was featured in the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Traffic_Cops" title="Traffic Cops">Traffic Cops</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former Chief Constable Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fahy" title="Peter Fahy">Peter Fahy</a> called for the legal age of buying alcohol to increase to the age of 21 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Garry_Newlove" class="mw-redirect" title="Garry Newlove">Garry Newlove</a> murder in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Series 3 of <i><a href="/wiki/999:_What%27s_Your_Emergency%3F" title="999: What's Your Emergency?">999: What's Your Emergency?</a></i>, which aired in mid 2016, followed officers from Cheshire Constabulary alongside Ambulance crews from the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Ambulance_Service" title="North West Ambulance Service">North West Ambulance Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 2017, Cheshire Constabulary was featured in series 12 of <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a>' TV programme <i><a href="/wiki/Police_Interceptors" title="Police Interceptors">Police Interceptors</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2019, a ten-part series focusing on the work of Cheshire Police's Vehicle Maintenance Unit aired on the TV channel Dave.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021 a new spin off of the show Motorway cops started following the roads and crime team in the series Motorway Cops:Catching Britain's speeders again for a <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a>'s commission,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheshire_Constabulary&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Cheshire Constabulary </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Cheshire_Police_Authority.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Coat_of_Arms_of_Cheshire_Police_Authority.svg/200px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Cheshire_Police_Authority.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Coat_of_Arms_of_Cheshire_Police_Authority.svg/300px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Cheshire_Police_Authority.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Coat_of_Arms_of_Cheshire_Police_Authority.svg/400px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Cheshire_Police_Authority.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="1042" /></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd>Granted 10 December 1965<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Crest</dt> <dd>On a wreath Or and Azure, within two sprays of oak a crown palisado Or, issuant therefrom a wolf's head Argent.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Azure, between two garbs in fess a sword erect supported in chief by two lions passant guardant issuant from the flanks, all Or.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>'Tutior Quo 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