Sovereign Base Areas Police

Sovereign Base Areas Police
Sovereign Base Areas Police
	SBA Police patch with badge
Common name	Sovereign Base Areas Police
Agency overview
Formed	15 August 1960
Employees	253
Jurisdictional structure
National agency; (Operations jurisdiction)	SBA
Operations jurisdiction	SBA
	Map of the Sovereign Base Areas Police's jurisdiction.
Size	250 km²
Population	14,000
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
Governing body	Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Sovereign Base Areas Police HQ, British Forces Episkopi
Military appointment responsible	Major-General Robert J. Thomson CBE DSO, Administrator, Sovereign Base Areas;
Agency executive	Mick Matthews, Chief Constable;
Parent agency	Ministry of Defence
Facilities
Stations	3 Episkopi Police Station; Dhekelia Police Station; Ay Nicolaos Police Station;
Prisons	His Majesty's Prison, Dhekelia
Patrol cars	Yes
Armed response vehicles	Yes
Dogs	Yes
Website
	www.sba.mod.uk/web_pages/sbap.htm

The Sovereign Base Areas Police is the local civilian police force for the British controlled Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus.

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