Lincolnshire Police

Lincolnshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. Despite the name, the force's area does not include North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, which are covered by Humberside Police instead.

In terms of geographic area the force is one of the largest in the United Kingdom covering 2,284 square miles. The population of the area covered by the force is 646,000. As of 2010 the force currently employs over 2,500 people. Of this number there are 1,219 police officers, 1,162 police staff and 154 special constables.

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