Welcome to the Counties BCU
The Counties' Basic Command Unit (BCU) is so named as it has policing responsibility for the area covered within the boundaries of Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council.
Within the BCU there are seven district councils, namely Charnwood, North West Leicestershire, Melton, Hinckley, Blaby, Oadby and Wigston and Market Harborough and the boundaries of the BCU match those of the relevant local authorities.
The BCU is led by Chief Supterintendent Chris Thomas and a Senior Management team who deliver policing services across nine Local Policing Units (LPUs). Officers in the Counties' BCU face a wide variety of challenges to meet the needs of people who live, work and commute through this part of the county.
Loughborough has a large University with an international reputation for sporting excellence and a large student population. Coalville, Shepshed, Ashby, Wigston, and Hinckley are all busy towns. Each has a thriving night time economy which has the potential to bring with it the drink-related problems normally associated with city centres.
The eastern part of the county encompasses the market towns of Melton Mowbray and Oakham, with an extensive rural population, including of course Rutland Water.
Further south the towns of Market Harborough and Lutterworth are covered by the BCU, both of which have an increasing urban population as well as bordering onto Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.
The M1 and M69 motorways run through the heart of the BCU as well the following major roads, the A1, A5, A6, A42, A46, and A47.
In addition to Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, the Counties' BCU also borders Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire.
Counties BCU news
- Hinckley Police latest 'eMeeting'
Hinckley Police are inviting residents to take part in their next eMeeting (previously called web chat) on Tuesday February 7th. Sgt Ade ...
Issued 06/02/12 - Putting a Stop! to child sexual abuse in Leicestershire
Issued on behalf of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation Leicestershire Police has teamed up with child sexual abuse prevention campaign, Stop it Now! Engla...
Issued 25/01/12 - Four people convicted at crown court for their part in a human trafficking case
Four people have been convicted at Leicester Crown Court for their part in a human trafficking case. Georghe Avram (24), Georgiana Toma (31), Kirit R...
Issued 20/01/12
Counties BCU appeals
- 23-year-old man robbed of his mobile telephone in an Oadby park
Officers are appealing for witnesses after a 23-year-old man was robbed in a park in Oadby. The incident took place around 9am on Thursday January 12...
Issued 06/02/12 - Windows damaged at South Leicestershire College campus in South Wigston
Officers are appealing for public help after thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused to the South Leicestershire College campus in South Wigsto...
Updated 06/02/12 - Suspicious fire at a house in Leicester Road, Wigston
Detectives investigating an incident of damage in Wigston are appealing for public help. Officers on routine patrol discovered a fire on the ground f...
Issued 06/02/12
