Martin Ford

Sussex Police

Sussex Police serves East and West Sussex and the city of Brighton & Hove - an area of 3,780km2. A resident population of 1.65m grows significantly with millions of visitors, holidaymakers, students, seasonal workers and the 39 million passengers who travel through Gatwick Airport. Already a low-cost force (spending £36m below the national force average), since 2010 the Force has made savings of nearly £90m. It continues to systematically transform its services, most recently with a new, flexible local policing approach introduced in late 2017. With Surrey, further collaboration in the areas of specialist crime and operations is well underway to deliver even greater efficiency and effectiveness, improving services and resilience at a reduced cost. To address recent crime and incident reporting increases, Sussex has embarked on a significant four-year investment programme - strengthening how it prevents crime and to enhance public contact services - ensuring Sussex remains a low-crime area. Sussex Police works ever more closely with other forces, emergency services and wider partners. With the Surrey, Hampshire & Thames Valley forces (the South East Regional Integrated Policing programme) its ambitious programme to converge key policing, business functions and technology systems will deliver substantial benefits. Committed to innovation, sharing resources and systems, collaboration and working smarter Sussex will continue to enhance its capacity and capabilities to tackle emerging crime threats to keep Sussex a safe place. The force has approximately 3,094 police officers and 2,356 police staff, 291 police community support officers and a team of dedicated volunteers that includes 98 special constables and around 110 police cadets. Sussex Police Priorities Keep communities safe and feeling safe. Identify and protect vulnerable people. Prevent and respond to harm.