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Kent Police
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MottoProtecting and serving the people of Kent
Agency overview
Formed1857
Employees6,971[1]
Volunteers232[1]
Annual budget£384.7 million[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionKent (including Medway), England
Map of Kent Police's jurisdiction
Size1,433 square miles (3,710 km2)
Population1.8 million
Legal jurisdictionEngland & Wales
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersPolice Headquarters, Sutton Road, Maidstone
Constables4,147 (of which 311 are special constables)[1]
Police Community Support Officers339[1]
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible
  • Matthew Scott
Agency executives
Areas3
Facilities
Stations20 police stations and offices with public access (7 of which contain custody suites). Plus two special stations.
Notables
Programme
  • Street Wars; Coppers
Website
www.kent.police.uk

Kent Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the 1,433 sq mi (3,710 km2) and approximately 1.8 million inhabitants of Kent, a county in the south east of England.

History

On 14 January 1857, a 222-strong 'Kent County Constabulary' was formed under Chief Constable John Henry Hay Ruxton. The first headquarters was at Wrens Cross, Stone Street, Maidstone, and was rented for use by the police until 23 November 1860 when the force purchased it for £1,200.[3] It was responsible for policing those parts of the county not already under the jurisdiction of local Borough police forces.

In 1860, the initial uniform of a frock coat and a high hat was replaced by a long uniform tunic and shako hat and constables were issued with a rattle and truncheon. In 1885, whistles were introduced. In 1897, the recognisable custodian helmet was introduced. In 1974, the familiar Cox Comb helmet replaced the Rose Top helmet with a new helmet plate.

On 1 April 1889, Kent County Constabulary absorbed the borough police forces of Deal, Hythe, Faversham, Sandwich, and Tenterden, five of the fourteen local police forces that then policed boroughs within the county of Kent.[3] The remaining nine were absorbed on 1 April 1943, these being the borough forces of Dover, Folkestone, Gravesend, Maidstone, Margate, Ramsgate, and Tunbridge Wells, together with the Canterbury City Police, and the Rochester City Police.[3] Ruxton retired on 14 August 1894 and died on 20 April 1897.

Kent County Constabulary purchased 20 bicycles in 1896, a number which rose to 129 by 1904. Telephones were given to village police constables in 1925 and by 1931, 29 motorcycles had been introduced, along with one police car. The constabulary employed horses until 1943, when the last was retired.

In 1965, the force had an establishment of 1,988 attested constables and an actual strength of 1,766, making it the third largest county force in Great Britain.[4]

Kent County Constabulary was the last British force to keep the word "county" in its official title. It changed its name to Kent Police in 2002. The main argument for the change was that the large number of visitors coming through the Channel Tunnel and the ports would understand the word "Police" more readily than "Constabulary". [5]

Kent Police was the first force in the United Kingdom to be led by a black Chief Constable, Michael Fuller QPM, who held the role from 2004 to 2010.

Since 1940, Kent Police HQ has been located at Sutton Road, Maidstone.[6] The force announced in 2020 that the HQ was no longer providing value for money and would be sold. The Chief Officer team will relocate to North Kent Police Station.[7] Kent Police College is located on Coverdale Avenue, Maidstone. Kent Police museum is located in Faversham Police Station.

After years of personnel cuts announced in 2010 and starting in 2011 that saw officer numbers fall from a peak of almost 3,800 in 2010 to under 3,200 by 2016, it was announced in March 2018 that Kent Police would launch the largest recruitment campaign in its history aiming to recruit over 200 more officers over the next one to two years. This was made possible due to an increase in the tax funding the police receive from county residents. The campaign has so far been successful with dozens of new constables passing out in 2018 with dozens more undergoing training into 2019. Once completed the campaign should bolster the number of sworn constables in Kent to over 3,400.[8]

It was further announced in January 2019 that the PCC Matthew Scott was proposing another tax increase in the 2019/20 period in the amount of money Kent Police receive from county residents in order to recruit a further 180 officers by 2020. If this proposal is approved and additional officers are recruited this would take the total number of sworn officers in Kent to upwards of 3,600 by 2020.[9] This tax increase for 180 additional officers was approved in February 2019 and as of early 2020 have since all been recruited into the force bringing the total number of sworn officers to just over 3,600.

As part of the national campaign announced by the government in late 2019 to recruit 20,000 more police officers across all of the 43 police forces in England and Wales by early 2023 it was announced that Kent would receive government funding to recruit 147 officers in the first wave of 6,000 in 2020 with the other 14,000 expected in 2021 and 2022. Additional funding for 34 more officers was also underwritten by the police crime commissioner bringing the total number of extra funded officers in 2020 to 181. When all recruited these additional officers will bring the total number of sworn officers in Kent to just over 3,800 by early 2021 giving Kent Police its largest amount of officers since the force was formed.[10]

Organisation

The force covers an area of 1,443 square miles (3,740 km2) with an approximate population of 1.8 million (approximately 1.6 million in Kent [11] and 250,000 in Medway [12]).

In 2010, it was decided the force's six BCUs would be reduced to three.[13] This was enacted in November 2011. Originally, the 6 BCU structure was:

This became:

Each district has a Local Policing Team for emergency and non-emergency response as well as a Community Safety Unit, a Community Policing Team, and Police Community Support Officers. Kent Police operates the following police stations and offices with public access: Ashford, Canterbury, Cranbrook, Dartford, Dover, Faversham, Folkestone, Gravesend, Herne Bay, Maidstone, Margate, Medway (Gillingham), North Kent (Northfleet), Paddock Wood, Rainham, Ramsgate, Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Swanley, Tonbridge, and Tunbridge Wells. Canterbury, Folkestone, Maidstone, Margate, Medway, North Kent, and Tonbridge also have custody suites, Divisional Support Units, Criminal Investigation Departments, Vulnerability Investigation Teams, and Missing Child and Exploitation Teams. Canterbury custody has 15 cells, Folkestone custody has 15 cells, Maidstone custody has 19 cells, Margate custody has 15 cells, Medway custody has 40 cells, North Kent custody has 40 cells, and Tonbridge custody has 19 cells. Each division has a Crime Squad and a County Lines and Gangs Team, all of which form the Chief Constable's Crime Squad. The Professional Standards Department and the Paedophile Online Investigation Team are county wide teams. The Serious Crime Directorate is shared with Essex.

Additionally, Kent Police operates a station at the Bluewater shopping centre with a small 3 cell custody suite and a station at Longport near the Channel Tunnel as a dedicated TACT custody suite with 4 cells.[14] Kent Police is unique in that it operates a station outside of the UK, in Coquelles, France. This will be retained through Brexit.[15]

The Port of Dover maintains its own independent police force, the Port of Dover Police, but Kent Police has statutory responsibility for policing the entire county and takes over investigations of incidents within the port when appropriate.

In addition to the three geographical divisions, the Tactical Operations division, or ‘Tac Ops’, comprises the Roads Policing Unit (RPU), Road Safety Unit (RSU), Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU), Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU), Armed Response, Dog Section, Rural Task Force (RTF), Gypsy Liaison Team (GLT), Search and Marine Unit (SMU), and Proactive Tasking Team (PTT). 'Tac Ops' are based at Kent Police Tactical Operations in Aylesford and Nackington Police Station in Canterbury.

Fleet

Currently, the force's standard police response car is the Vauxhall Astra and the standard non-emergency vehicle is the Vauxhall Corsa, these models have largely replaced the Ford Focus, Skoda Octavia, Ford Fiesta, and Skoda Fabia models that were used previously. However, some of these older models remain in service. The standard small cell van model is the Ford Transit, largely replacing the older Vauxhall Vivaro and Mercedes Vito models. The standard public order van model remains the VW Crafter, although a few newer and older Mercedes Sprinter models are also in service. The standard 4x4 model is the Ford Kuga, largely replacing the older Ford Ranger and Mitsubishi Shogun models. The force also has a number of Land Rover Discovery and Land Rover Defenders models in service.

The standard Roads Policing models are the BMW 530D and Volvo V90, RPU also utilise BMW X5 and Land Rover Discovery models. The standard motorcycles are the BMW R1200RT and the Yamaha WR450F models. The Standard Armed Response Vehicle (ARV) is the BMW X5 and the force also has an armoured OVIK Crossway. The standard dog section vehicle is the Ford Mondeo, although a number of older Skoda Octavia models are still in service.

The standard forensics vehicle is the Peugeot Professional model, although a few older Ford Transits and Mercedes Sprinter models are still in service.

A number of departments utilise unmarked BMW X5s, BMW 530Ds, Skoda Octavias, Volvo V90s, Vauxhall Astras, and Vauxhall Corsas. Other models are also used.

The Majority of Kent Police vehicles use Whelen sirens, with the exception of VW Crafter vans that use Premier Hazard sirens.

The force's Search and Marine Unit (SMU) use a Parker Baltic Cruiser RIB with twin outboard engines and an enclosed cab. The vessel is named ‘Invicta’.

The force is supported by the National Police Air Service, the nearest aircraft operate from Redhill, Surrey and North Weald, Essex. Kent Police has a number of qualified drone pilots.

Senior management

As of January 2021:[16]

  • Police and Crime Commissioner - Matthew Scott
  • Chief Constable - Alan Pughsley QPM
  • Deputy Chief Constable - DCC Tony Blaker. Responsible for: operational delivery and performance, corporate services, professional standards, and equality, diversity and human rights.
  • Deputy Chief Officer - Mr Ian Drysdale. Responsible for: support services, legal services, corporate services, corporate finances, corporate communications, estates, and human resources.
  • Assistant Chief Constable - ACC Peter Ayling. Responsible for: Local Policing, Criminal Investigation, and Vulnerability Investigation.
  • Assistant Chief Constable - ACC Tim Smith. Responsbile for: intelligence and specialist operations, major, serious and organised crime, and forensics.
  • Assistant Chief Constable - T/ACC Nicola Faulconbridge. Responsible for: Tactical Operations, Force Control and Incident Response (FCIR), Counter Terrorism and Borders Policing (CTBP).
  • Director of Support Services - Mr Mark Gilmartin. Responsible for: procurement, IT, pensions.
  • Director of HR - Mr Richard Leicester. Responsible for: learning and development, business services, occupational health, recruitment.

In 2019, Mr Drysdale became the first member of police staff in England and Wales to be appointed as a Deputy Chief Officer.

List of Chief Constables

From 1857 to present:[17]

  1. Captain John Henry Hay Ruxton- 1 April 1857 to August 1894
  2. Major Henry Edwards- 1894 to 1895
  3. Lt.Col Henry Warde- 1895 to 1921
  4. Major Harry Ernest Chapman- January 1921 to 1940
  5. Captain J A Davison- 1940 to 1942
  6. Sir Percy Sillitoe- 1943 to 1946
  7. Major John Ferguson- 1946 to 1958
  8. Lt. Col Geoffrey White- 1958 to 1962
  9. Richard Dawnay Lemon- April 1962 to 1974
  10. Barry Pain- 1974 to 1982
  11. Frank Jordan- 1982 to 1989
  12. Paul Condon- 1989 to 1993
  13. Sir (John) David Phillips QPM - 1993 to 2003
  14. Robert Ayling- 1 April 2003 to 5 January 2004
  15. Michael Fuller QPM- 5 January 2004 to 16 February 2010
  16. Ian Learmonth QPM- 5 July 2010 to 4 January 2014
  17. Alan Pughsley QPM- 4 January 2014 to present

Television

Kent Police has featured in numerous television programmes and fly on the wall documentaries. These include 'Street Wars' which featured the Medway 'tac team', 'Night Cops' which featured officers from the Thanet and Canterbury districts during night shifts,[18] and ITV's 'Cops with Cameras' which featured the force's Roads Policing Unit on motorway patrol.[19]

In 2010, Kent Police was featured in Series 1 of the Channel 4 documentary 'Coppers'. Episode 1 followed staff and prisoners in the custody suite at Medway Police Station in Gillingham. Episode 3 followed response officers in the Medway district as well as the force's call handlers and dispatchers.

In 2019, a Channel 5 documentary called 'Manhunt: Catch Me If You Can' featured the force's Gypsy Liaison Team, referred to in the show as the 'Specialist Tactical Unit', as they hunted down and arrested some of the county's high priority outstanding suspects, or 'red' offenders.[20] Camera crews for the show inadvertently captured three members of the team entering a property in Walderslade without a warrant or grounds to do so, and subsequently abusing the occupants, whilst looking for a wanted arsonist. Although the footage wasn't broadcast, it was shown to a Kent Police misconduct panel and an officer was given a written warning.[21]

The force has appeared numerous times in the BBC documentary 'Critical Incident'.[22] Episode 6 of Series 1 featured an incident in which a Kent Police officer was knocked over and injured by a dangerous driver in the Swale district.[23] Episode 2 of Series 2 featured an incident in which a traffic officer was struck by a car whilst attempting to use a stinger in the Maidstone district.[24] Episode 5 of Series 2 featured an incident in which an officer was attacked with a knife in an address in the Ashford district [25] and demonstrated the force's taser training. Episode 14 of Series 2 featured an incident in which officers used their belts to rescue a man dangling in Northfleet Quarry.[26] Chief Constable Alan Pughsley QPM features in various episodes discussing violence against police.

Officers from the Serious Crime Directorate discussed the 2013 murder of Anne-Marie Birch [27] in the BBC documentary 'Love You to Death: A Year of Domestic Violence' and the Sarah Wellgreen case [28] in Episode 2 of Series 4 of the Sky documentary 'Killer in my Village'.[29]

Officers from the Margate Task Force in the Thanet district have been featured in 'Britain's Deprived Coast', Episode 7 of Series 4 of Ross Kemp: Extreme World, as well as the BBC documentary 'Britain's Teenage Drug Runners'.

Officers from the Folkestone Divisional Support Unit were shown searching and gathering evidence from a crime scene in Hawkinge in Episode 2 of 'Britain's Toughest Cops'.

Kent Police officers were briefly featured in Episode 3 of Series 2 of 'Send In the Dogs'. A Metropolitan Police dog handler is shown responding to assist them with a car that had failed to stop, crashed, and then been decamped.

Kent Police officers were briefly featured in 'Casting the Net', Episode 2 of Series 1 of the BBC documentary 'Cars, Cops, and Criminals', participating in a multi-agency ANPR operation.

Officers from Bedfordshire Police are shown using Margate Police station in Kent's Thanet District to question trafficking suspects in 'Lost in Translation', Episode 7 of Series 7 of '24 Hours in Police Custody'.

'Britain's Biggest Heist', Episode 6 of Series 9 of Real Crime, focused on the Securitas robbery that occurred in Tonbridge in 2006.

Kent Police detectives and officers were featured arresting numerous fraud suspects in an episode of the ITV show 'Tonight' entitled 'Fraud: The Public Threat'.[30]

Kent Police detectives featured in the Crimewatch special 'Catch Me If You Can - Armed Robbers'. The force's Driver Training Unit featured in a separate episode in which they demonstrated advanced driving techniques and training.

Noteworthy incidents

On 4 July 1996, Lin Russell, her daughters Megan and Josie, and their dog were attacked with a hammer in Chillenden. Only Josie survived and, in 2001, Michael Stone was convicted of two murders. Numerous appeals against his conviction have since failed despite claims that serial killer Levi Bellfield may instead have been responsible.[31]

On 28 Aug 2001, serving Kent Police officer Karl Bluestone murdered his wife and two of his four children before committing suicide at his home in Gravesend.[32]

In Feb of 2006, Kent Police investigated a robbery in Tonbridge during which a gang of six stole approximately £53 million from a Securitas depot, the largest cash robbery to have occurred in the UK to date. The gang received over 100 years in prison between them and £21 million has never been recovered. [33]

On 11 June 2007, Kent Police shot and lawfully killed Anne Sanderson after she pointed what was later identified as an air pistol towards armed officers in Sevenoaks.[34]

In November of 2007, Kent Police and Essex Police began a search of serial killer Peter Tobin's former home in Irvine Drive, Margate. Two bodies were located, recovered, and later identified as those of Vicky Hamilton, who went missing from Falkirk in February of 1991, and Dinah McNicol, who went missing from Tillingham in August of 1991. Tobin was convicted in December of 2008 for murdering Hamilton and convicted in December of 2009 for murdering McNicol. [35]

On 29 December 2007, Kent Police shot and lawfully killed Dayniel Tucker after he pointed what was later identified as a plastic Uzi towards armed officers in Stansted.[36]

On 26 November 2009, Kent Police shot and wounded Tomas Uptas after he threatened members of the public in the street with what was later identified as a BB gun and then pointed it towards armed officers in a supermarket in Canterbury. Kent Police later found the body of Loreta Raupiene in a nearby flat, Uptas was convicted of her murder in August of 2010. [37]

On 8 February 2015, Kent Police shot and wounded Marc Traylor after he stabbed and wounded his daughter, Kitanna Traylor, during a psychotic episode at their home in Hersden. [38]

On 2 May 2016, Kent Police shot and lawfully killed William Smith after he pointed a single-barrelled shotgun at armed officers in Goudhurst when they tried to arrest him for murdering Roy Blackman at his home in Biddenden earlier that year.[39]

Officers killed in the line of duty or while reporting for duty

See also: List of British police officers killed in the line of duty

The Police Memorial Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty, and since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.

The following members of Kent Police are listed on the Roll of Honour:

  • PC Israel May - Died 24 August 1873, aged 37 - Beaten with his own truncheon while attempting to arrest a drunken man.
  • PC John Harryman - Died 29 May 1907, aged 29 - Killed by a railway engine while guarding the line for the royal train.
  • PC John Truphet Saywell - Died 1 October 1910, aged 35 - Died during an operation on an injury inflicted during a disturbance.
  • DS George Henry Apps - Died 7 June 1916, aged 34 - Died of injuries received on duty in 1915 when knocked down by a car.
  • PC Charles William Walker - Died 21 July 1924, aged 51 - Died of injuries received on duty when he was knocked down by a cyclist.
  • PC Edwin James Longhurst - Died 8 February 1928, aged 44 - Fatally injured cycling on duty when knocked down by a bus in Canterbury.
  • PC Ernest F. Bradley - Died 18 August 1928, aged 27 - Fatally injured on motorcycle patrol in a collision with another motorcycle.
  • PC Albert Cox - Died 20 December 1930, aged 40 - Died of injuries sustained in January 1930 in a cycling accident on duty.
  • RPC Charles William Haines - Died 20 September 1940, aged 65 - Fatally injured when struck by a car cycling back to his station in an air raid.
  • PC Thomas James Farrell - Died 1 November 1940, aged 38 -Killed during an enemy air raid when bomb splinters pierced his helmet.
  • PWRC Herbert James Chittenden - Died 1 January 1942, aged 41 - Killed when his police motorcycle struck the kerb and overturned.
  • PC Stephen George James Huggins - Died 31 October 1942, aged 37 - Fatally injured by a bullet from an enemy aircraft during an air raid.
  • PWRC Reginald Walter Dowling - Died 8 April 1943, aged 49 - Died of injuries received in June 1942 during an air raid at Canterbury.
  • Killed in enemy air raids off duty or duty status unknown (World War II) between 1940 & 1945

S/Insp George Moore, SC John Olive, PWRC Henry Kettle, PC Ronald Parker, S/Sgt Reginald John Rogers, SC Arthur Edward Potten, SC Ernest Albert Farrow, SC Frederick Walter Heine, SC Richard Daniel Jay Wills, PC Cecil George Constable, PMS Edward John Toomey, SC William George Warner, S/Sgt William Albert Bransby, SC George Ernest Russell, PC Sydney Russell, SC Harry Thomas R. Pankhurst, PWRC Frederick Chapman, Sgt William George Braddick, SC Frederick James Collard, PWRC Albert Robert Gibling, SC Robert Wheeler, Sgt William George Dickinson, SC Frederick Johnson

  • PC Frank Skewis - Died 8 January 1949, aged 49 - Killed when accidentally struck by a car while rounding up stray horses.
  • PC Alan George Baxter - Died 5 June 1951, aged 33 - Fatally wounded when shot by a gunman being sought by police.
  • PC Hubert Stanley Pay - Died 4 November 1951, aged 25 -Fatally injured travelling to work when his motorcycle hit a lorry.
  • T/Sgt Gerald Thomas P. Rooney - Died 14 March 1956, aged 24 - Shot dead by terrorists, on duty with the British Police Unit in Cyprus.
  • PC Peter W. Child - Died 27 January 1964, aged 27 - Killed on a driving course when the police car he was in crashed.
  • PC Robert Archibald Beattie - Died 5 July 1965, aged 41 - and
  • PC Robert Alfred John Knight - Died 5 July 1965, aged 29 - Killed when their patrol car was hit head-on by a car on the motorway.
  • PC George Craig - Died 21 May 1967, aged 36 - Killed on motorcycle patrol when he ran into an unlit lorry at night.
  • PC Phillip Alan Long - Died 28 June 1968, aged 22 - Fatally injured in a road accident while on motorcycle patrol.
  • DC Roger Gardiner - Died 26 May 1972, aged 36 - Killed while driving a police vehicle when he lost control and hit a tree.
  • PC Malcolm John Boakes - Died 21 October 1973, aged 31 - Killed while travelling to duty when a load fell off a lorry onto their car.
  • PC John Francis Ryan - Died 21 October 1973, aged 33 - Killed while travelling to duty when a load fell off a lorry onto their car.
  • DS Charles Edward Brisley - Died 20 April 1978, aged 47 - Fatally injured when struck by a lorry trailer on duty in Folkestone harbour.
  • Sgt George Frederick Matthew - Died 16 June 1983, aged 42 - Killed on motorcycle patrol when his machine collided with a lorry.
  • PC Duncan Watts Clift - Died 24 March 1991, aged 27 - Run down and fatally injured trying to stop a stolen car while off duty.
  • PC Alexander Gordon Doe - Died 18 May 1993, aged 44 - Killed on an advanced motorcycle course when his machine crashed.
  • PC Jonathan Bruce Odell - Died 19 December 2000, age 30 - Run down and killed by a speeding vehicle he was attempting to stop.[40]
  • PC Katie Louise Mitchell - Died 3 October 2007, age 39 - Killed in a motorcycle accident while travelling to duty at Tonbridge.
  • PC Phillip Edward Pratt - Died 14 June 2009, aged 26 - Killed when struck by a vehicle while protecting the scene of an accident.[41]
  • DS Terry Easterby - Died 25 February 2011, aged 44 - Died in a motorcycle collision while travelling to report for duty at Medway.[42]

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