page_title: Essex Police
section_title: Crime Division
hierarchical_section_title: Essex Police / Organisation / Crime Division
caption_attribution_description: English: Essex Police Cap Deutsch: Dienstkappe der Essex Police.
context_page_description: Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the east of England, consisting of over 1.7 million people and around 1,400 square miles.
  It is one of the largest non-metropolitan police forces in the United Kingdom, with over 2,900 police officers.
  The Chief Constable is Ben-Julian Harrington, who took up the appointment in October 2018.
  Assistant Chief Constable for Media Relations Steve Worron is also simultaneously ACC for Area Operations for Kent Police due to the two forces forming a joint Serious Crime Directorate. As of 2017, Assistant Chief Constable Nick Downing became the head of the Serious Crime Directorate for Kent and Essex Police.
  In November 2012, the first ever Essex Police and Crime Commissioner election took place, in which Conservative candidate Nick Alston achieved 30.5% of the first round votes, and 51.5% of the second round votes against Independent candidate Mick Thwaites.
context_section_description: Crime Division works across the territorial divisions of Essex and with forces nationwide, providing resources and expertise.
  As a division within Essex Police, it deals with the specialist aspects of crime investigation, tending to focus on serious crime, but not exclusively and provides support to territorial divisions' efforts in investigating crime.
  Crime Division has a command team structure of a divisional commander, supported by a director of intelligence, lead senior investigating officer, support manager and divisional administrative manager, based at the Chelmsford headquarters. This team is supported by section heads. The work of the various departments of Crime Division are both proactive and reactive.
caption: Cap of the Essex Police
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