Part 1Police reform
CHAPTER 5Police forces in areas with elected local policing bodies
Police forces outside London
39Deputy chief constables
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Each police force must have one or more deputy chief constables.
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The chief constable of a police force must consult the relevant police and crime commissioner before increasing the number of deputy chief constables which the force has.
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The chief constable of a police force must consult the relevant police and crime commissioner before appointing a person to be a deputy chief constable of the force.
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The chief constable of a police force may suspend from duty a deputy chief constable of that police force.
5
The chief constable of a police force may call upon a deputy chief constable of that police force to resign or retire.
6
A deputy chief constable must resign or retire if called upon to do so by the chief constable in accordance with subsection (5).
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In this section “police force” means the police force for a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London).