It now takes an average of eight minutes for a call to the police 101 non-emergency number to be answered. Speaking after her Performance and Accountability Meeting with the Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Jo Shiner, Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne said: “I was pleased to hear that waiting times for the 101 non-emergency […]
A man who viciously attacked and raped a young woman he met in Hastings Old Town in the early hours of the morning has now been jailed for 13 years. Luke Smith, 27, a labourer of no fixed address was tracked down by police within hours of the offence with the help of swift forensic analysis. […]
The 10th Hastings Guides have received a £350 donation from Sussex Police. Community Support Officer Daryl Holter made the successful bid to raise cash for the Guides with the money coming from the Police Property Act Fund, PPAF. This money, for use in the community, comes from the sale of property that has been confiscated […]
Yesterday saw Sussex Police launch its latest round of recruitment for new police officers. The force has a target to increase frontline officer numbers by a net 250 by next year. In a campaign that asks: “Have you got what it takes?” Sussex Police says that ‘careers don’t come more personally rewarding that this’. “Tackling […]
Kevin Moore was one of Sussex most senior police officers – he was head of CID. He retired from the force at the beginning of 2018 and since then he has been pretty blunt in expressing his views about how, in his view, the force is under performing today. Last year he took part in […]
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) for public and political services. A statement from Sussex says: “Since being elected in 2012, Katy Bourne has used her role to bring police and communities together to better understand and address local policing issues. “She arrived with […]
Sussex is one of the safest places to live and to keep it that way Sussex Police launched Operation Magpie on Tuesday – it’s a week-long crime prevention and awareness campaign designed to keep your home safe from burglars this summer. Sussex has low rates of burglary compared to other counties across England and Wales. There […]
Viewers to BBC’s South East Today last night will have seen Police officers at work in Hastings making arrests as part of Sussex Police’s offensive against so-called ‘County Lines’ drug dealers – Operation Fortress. Police across Sussex have made scores of arrests in the last ten days as the force looks to keep up the […]
At the end of last week Sussex Police announced it was joining police forces across the South East in supporting a leading child protection charity around the launch of a campaign to tackle the growing demand for sexual images of children online. The regional campaign represents a multi-agency approach to tackling the growing demand for […]
