Warwickshire Police - Organisation

Organisation

The force is run by a Chief Constable, a Deputy Chief Constable, two Assistant Chief Constables, and a civilian Director of Finance. Its headquarters are at Woodcote, a 19th century manor house and estate in the village of Leek Wootton, which has been the force headquarters since 1949. However, in January 2011 it was announced that Warwickshire Police would be selling the police headquarters in Leek Wootton and seven other stations as part of plans to cover funding cuts. The Warwickshire Justice Centre in Leamington Spa will likely be the new headquarters for the force.

The county is divided into Districts/Boroughs (based on local government districts/boroughs), each commanded by a Chief Inspector. There are 33 local policing teams within Warwickshire Police - called Safer Neighbourhood Teams - which are broken down within each District/Borough as follows:

• North Warwickshire Borough
  • North Warwickshire North
  • North Warwickshire East
  • North Warwickshire South
  • North Warwickshire West

• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough
  • Nuneaton North
  • Nuneaton West
  • Nuneaton South
  • Nuneaton East
  • Nuneaton Central
  • Nuneaton Town Centre
  • Bedworth West
  • Bedworth East
  • Bedworth Town Centre

• Rugby Borough
  • Rugby Town East
  • Rugby Town West
  • Rugby Town Centre
  • Rugby Town North
  • Rugby Rural Central
  • Rugby Rural North
  • Rugby Rural South

• Stratford-on-Avon District
  • Alcester North
  • Alcester South
  • Shipston
  • Southam
  • Stratford Town
  • Wellesbourne

• Warwick District
  • Kenilworth
  • Warwick Central
  • Leamington North
  • Leamington South
  • Leamington Town Centre
  • Warwick Rural East
  • Warwick Rural West
  • Whitnash

• Police Stations and Police posts
  • Alcester Police SNT post
  • Atherstone Police SNT post
  • Bedworth Open Monday - Friday, 8am - 6pm plus Police SNT post
  • Coleshill Open Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm plus Police SNT post
  • Greys Mallory Traffic Base
  • Kenilworth Now owned by Town Council and will become a Police SNT post
  • Keresley Police SNT post
  • Lapworth Police SNT post
  • Lillington Police SNT post.
  • Nuneaton
  • Royal Leamington Spa
  • Rugby Open seven days a week, 8am - 8pm plus Police SNT post.
  • Shipston on Stour Open Tuesday and Wednesday, 8am - 3.30pm plus Police SNT post.
  • Southam Open Monday - Friday, 8.45am - 4.45pm plus Police SNT post.
  • Stratford upon Avon Open seven days a week, 8am - 8pm plus Police SNT post.
  • Warwick Police SNT post.
  • Wolston Police SNT post.

• Other facilities
  • Coventry Airport Police Port Unit.
  • Leek Wootton Current Police HQ and Force Communications Centre
  • Warwick Learning and Development Centre.
  • Warwickshire Direct Multiple police posts

• Justice centres
  • Nuneaton Open seven days a week.
  • Royal Leamington Spa Open seven days a week.

• Closed facilities
  • Henley-in-Arden Police station closed 30 September 2011. SNT has moved to Alcester
  • Wellesbourne Police SNT post closed 7 October 2011 and to be sold
  • Whitnash Police post closed 7 May 2011.
  • Studley Police SNT post closed in 2011

Until recently, the Districts were grouped into two Areas, each commanded by a Chief Superintendent. North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth and Rugby were under Northern Area and Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick were under Southern Area.

The current Chief Constable is Andy Parker, who took over from Keith Bristow in 1 December 2011. Bristow succeeded Burbeck who in turn succeeded Andrew Timpson, who in turn succeeded Peter Joslin.