Ask the Police

Ask the Police is an official Police website with over 700 comprehensive answers to some of the most commonly asked Police related questions.

The aim of the site is to help you find the answers to your questions quickly and directly, without having to call Northern Constabulary to ask for the information. The site contain answers to a wide selection of nationally-asked questions. Information that is specific to the Highlands and Islands is being included, where appropriate.

If you cannot find an answer to your question, please call our non-emergency number 0845 600 5703. In an emergency always call 999.

The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) is managed by the Association of Chief Police Officers but is under the day to day control of West Yorkshire Police. PNLD is a not for profit organisation.

The FAQ database is intended to reduce the number of non-emergency calls to police forces by providing the answers direct to the public via the Internet. The database contains answers to a wide selection of nationally asked questions and the facility for forces to input local information.

Additionally, since 1994 PNLD has been supplying a computerised database of up to date legal information, case law and standard offence wordings to police forces. Our customers are all 43 forces together with other recognised organisations within the Criminal Justice System, such as the Crown Prosecution Service. This is now available to any interested party via subscription, see www.pnld.co.uk for more details.