INTELLIGENCE AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS

The role of the Force Intelligence Department (FID) is to provide diverse and extensive information/intelligence services to the Constabulary and partner agencies.
The department’s core objectives are to deliver level two intelligence in support of the National Intelligence Model, to deliver intelligence and information support services and to deliver pro-active and covert services to the Constabulary.
This is done through specialist strategic, tactical and professional functions.
A range of specialist units make up the FID, including immigration crime, the intelligence management unit, international and Interpol liaison, prison intelligence unit and wildlife and environmental crime.

Support functions refer to the back office functions which provide specialist support to assist the delivery of front-line policing in Lancashire.
This covers departments including human resources, finance, fleet services, estates, information communications technology (ICT), professional standards, corporate communications, corporate development, procurement, training, administration support, risk management and catering.
These departments are responsible for a variety of functions crucial to the day-to-day running of the Constabulary, including vehicle maintenance, payroll, recruitment and selection, training for police officers and staff, dealing with public complaints and the enforcement of professional behaviour standards.
Lancashire Constabulary has 4,760 computer workstations across the Force and 6,000 telephone handsets which the ICT department is responsible for.
The fleet department manages a total of 937 vehicles, which do around 16,000,000 miles a year.
On average, Lancashire Constabulary’s press office takes around 1,200 media calls every month.
In a year, around 1,400 proactive press releases are sent to the media, informing the media and public about the work the Force does.

Intelligence and Support Functions