page_title: Port of Liverpool Police
section_title: Jurisdiction
hierarchical_section_title: Port of Liverpool Police / Jurisdiction
caption_attribution_description: This file was uploaded with Commonist. Port of Liverpool Police Vehicle 20 October, 2012
context_page_description: The Port of Liverpool Police is a small police force with the responsibility of policing the Liverpool, Bootle, Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port and Eastham Dock Estates and Freeports, as well as the Manchester Ship Canal areas in the north- west of England.
context_section_description: The force has jurisdiction over the whole of the Port of Liverpool as defined by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1971 and its amendments.  However Merseyside Police, as the territorial police force with statutory responsibility for policing the whole of Merseyside has concurrent jurisdiction in the port area.
  The Port of Liverpool Police has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Merseyside Police, which sets out how the two forces operate together and the use of certain resources, for example, Merseyside Police custody facilities. The port police responds to the report of all crimes and emergencies within the port area. However, as per the memorandum, Merseyside Police will take over the handling of the following matters whilst assisted by the Port of Liverpool Police:
  Murder
  Rape
  Serious Life Threatening Assaults
  Armed Crime
  Crime requiring significant or specialist resources to investigate
  Fatal Traffic Collisions
  Large Scale Disorder
  Terrorism and Subversion
  Extradition Matters
caption: Port of Liverpool Police vehicle
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