South Yorkshire Police, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 45 relations: Amy-Leanne Stringfellow, Barnsley Borough Police, Basic command unit, Battle of Orgreave, BBC News Online, Chief constable, City of Doncaster, City of Sheffield, David Cameron, Deputy chief constable, Doncaster Borough Police, England, Greater Manchester Police, Hillsborough disaster, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, Independent Office for Police Conduct, Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories, Mayor of South Yorkshire, Meredydd Hughes, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, National Police Air Service, Oliver Coppard, Peter Wright (police officer), Police Act 1996, Police Interceptors, Police Memorial Trust, Police Roll of Honour Trust, Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, Sheffield, Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary, Sheffield Law Courts, Sky Cops, South Yorkshire, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Special constable, Territorial police force, The Guardian, Tinsley, South Yorkshire, Traffic Cops, War reserve constable, West Yorkshire Constabulary, 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike.

2. Crime in South Yorkshire
3. Local government in South Yorkshire

Amy-Leanne Stringfellow

Amy-Leanne Stringfellow was a former soldier who was fatally beaten and stabbed in June 2020 by her ex-boyfriend while he was on bail for assaulting her previously.

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Barnsley Borough Police

Barnsley Borough Police was the police force operating in county borough of Barnsley, England until 1 October 1968.

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Basic command unit

A Basic Command Unit (BCU) is the largest unit into which territorial British Police forces are divided BCUs may alternatively be called an Area Command or a Division.They will also contain smaller, more local teams which are often called a Local Policing Unit (LPU) or a Local Policing Team (LPT).

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Battle of Orgreave

The Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant at Orgreave, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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Chief constable

Chief Constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, and Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

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City of Doncaster

The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. South Yorkshire Police and city of Doncaster are 1974 establishments in England.

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City of Sheffield

The City of Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, and as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from November 2023 to July 2024.

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Deputy chief constable

Deputy chief constable (DCC) is the second highest rank in all territorial police forces in the United Kingdom (except the Metropolitan Police, in which the equivalent rank is deputy assistant commissioner, and City of London Police, in which the equivalent rank is assistant commissioner, both of which wear the same insignia as a DCC).

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Doncaster Borough Police

Doncaster Borough Police was the police force operating in the county borough of Doncaster, England from 1836 until 1 October 1968.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Greater Manchester Police

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. South Yorkshire Police and Greater Manchester Police are 1974 establishments in England, Organizations established in 1974 and police forces of England.

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Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989.

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His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), formerly Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), has statutory responsibility for the inspection of the police forces of England and Wales, and since July 2017 the fire and rescue services of England.

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Independent Office for Police Conduct

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales which, since 8 January 2018, is responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales.

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Law enforcement in the United Kingdom

Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

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List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

There are a number of agencies that participate in law enforcement in the United Kingdom which can be grouped into three general types.

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Mayor of South Yorkshire

The Mayor of South Yorkshire is a combined authority mayor, first elected in May 2018, who chairs the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

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Meredydd Hughes

Meredydd John Hughes is a retired British police officer.

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Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England; the main settlement is Barnsley and other notable towns include Penistone, Wombwell and Hoyland.

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Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England.

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National Police Air Service

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police aviation service that provides centralised air support to the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales, as well as the three special police forces serving that area.

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Oliver Coppard

Oliver James Coppard (born 9 June 1981) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as Mayor of South Yorkshire since 2022.

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Peter Wright (police officer)

Peter Wright (21 July 1929 – 17 September 2011) was the Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police force from 1983 to 1990.

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Police Act 1996

The Police Act 1996 (c. 16) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the current police areas in England and Wales, constituted police authorities for those areas, and set out the relationship between the Home Secretary and the English and Welsh territorial police forces.

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Police Interceptors

Police Interceptors is a British factual programme that profiles the work of elite police units from across the UK.

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Police Memorial Trust

The Police Memorial Trust is a charitable organisation founded in 1984 and based in London.

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Police Roll of Honour Trust

The Police Roll of Honour Trust is a charitable organisation registered in England & Wales and Scotland, it was founded in 2000 and records all those British police officers who have died on and in the line of duty.

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Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal

The Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal consists of the organised child sexual abuse that occurred in the town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Northern England from the late 1980s until 2013 and the failure of local authorities to act on reports of the abuse throughout most of that period. South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal are crime in South Yorkshire.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary

Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary was a short-lived police force in England from 1 June 1967 to 31 March 1974.

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Sheffield Law Courts

The Sheffield Law Courts is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in West Bar in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Sky Cops

Sky Cops is a British documentary series broadcast on BBC One revealing the work of the air police in the UK.

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South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

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South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue is the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of South Yorkshire, England.

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South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner was the police and crime commissioner of the South Yorkshire Police in South Yorkshire.

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Special constable

A special constable or special police constable (SC or SPC) can refer to an auxiliary or part-time law enforcement officer or a person who is granted certain (special) police powers.

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Territorial police force

A territorial police force is a police service that is responsible for an area defined by sub-national boundaries, distinguished from other police services which deal with the entire country or a type of crime.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Tinsley, South Yorkshire

Tinsley is a suburb of north-eastern Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; it falls within the Darnall ward of the city.

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Traffic Cops

Traffic Cops is a British documentary series broadcast on Channel 5 (and formerly on BBC One) which follows Roads Policing Units from various UK police forces.

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War reserve constable

This should not be confused with a Special Constable, which was a voluntary British police officer, that existed alongside the War Reserve Constable. War reserve constable (or WRC, war reserve police constable, WRPC) was a voluntary role within the ranks of the British police forces.

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West Yorkshire Constabulary

The West Yorkshire Constabulary (WYC) was, from 1968 to 1974, the statutory police force for the West Riding of Yorkshire, in northern England.

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1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike

The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry, which had been nationalised in 1947.

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See also

Crime in South Yorkshire

• Arthur Hutchinson (murderer)
• East House mass shooting
• Edlington attacks
• Lawrence Bierton
• Malcolm Fairley
• Murder of Mushin Ahmed
• Murder of William Plommer
• Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
• Rotherham shoe rapist
• South Yorkshire Police

Local government in South Yorkshire

• Civil parishes in South Yorkshire
• High Sheriff of South Yorkshire
• Kiveton Park Rural District
• South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat
• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
• South Yorkshire Police

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire_Police

Also known as Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, History of South Yorkshire Police, Moss Way Police Station, Sheffield Borough Police, South Yorks Police, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel.