| Q | Is the Constabulary part of a United Kingdom force or administered by the Home Office?
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| A | No it is not part of a United Kingdom or Home Office force, however the Isle of Man Constabulary is reciprocal in every detail with its counterparts in England and Wales and best practice is taken from Home Office circulars.
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| Q | Is the Chief Constable a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers?
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| A | Yes the Isle of Man is considered as part of the North West Region and therefore meets quarterly with Chief Officers of the number 1 region. The Chief Constable is also invited to national ACPO meetings and seminars. |
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| Q | Does the Isle of Man Constabulary have a Firearms Squad?
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| A | Yes, two fully equipped teams are kept fully up to date with regular training and can be called upon at any time to deal with a firearms incident.
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| Q | Does the Isle of Man Constabulary have a Fraud Squad?
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| A | No, it has a Financial Crimes Unit (“FCU”) staffed by police, customs and support workers. The Unit investigates serious and complex financial fraud, as well as providing cooperation, where appropriate, to law enforcement in other jurisdictions. The Unit is the reception point for suspicious transaction reports filed by local relevant businesses in accordance with statutory legislation. |
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| Q | Does the Isle of Man Constabulary invite officers from other forces to assist with policing on the Island?
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| A | Whilst there is an agreement with forces in the North West of England and North Wales to assist if it were ever necessary the fact is they are very rarely called on, and in fact the Constabulary has not had any assistance since its' Millennium celebrations in 1999 and before that the Summerland fire in 1973. Having said that much of our own training is either done in the UK Training Schools of trainers come from such places to instruct in the Isle of Man. The one exception to the rule is that during TT fortnight it has now become the custom to invite a small number of German Traffic Officers to patrol with the Constabulary Traffic Department since so many enthusiasts from Germany are on the Island this has eased some problems with translation. |
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| Q | Does the TT still bring big crowds?
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| A | Yes, we always expect about 40,000 visitors and 25,000 motor cycles, such visitors do not pose particular problems crime wise or with the public disorder although The Constabulary does have contingency plans if the worse case scenario occurred. With such an extra volume of motor cycles it is inevitable that there are more road traffic accidents again the policing is planned with this in mind, deploying officers especially on the TT course which is 37 ¾ miles long and in the surrounding lanes. |
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| Q | Is the Isle of Man crime free?
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| A | No otherwise there would be no need for a police force, having said that, the quality of life in the Island is second to none and the amount of violent crime is very very much lower than that in most other places. The number of burglaries is also much lower and is usually an opportunist crime when premises have been left insecure. Vehicles are very rarely stolen since such have to be removed from the Island which is very difficult with the one Island port providing ferrying services. School damage of a very minor nature is also committed which has a bigger nuisance value than the crime static. All in all the detection rate of crime in Island is second to none in the British Isles.
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