Our organisation

The Chief Constable is responsible for:

• the direction and control of the force
• the management of the budget and use of funds to deliver the objectives and targets set out in the force's strategy for the next three years

The Chief Constable is accountable to the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner and is the person responsible to the courts for police operations.

He is also a member of the Kent Partnership and the Public Service Board and is lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers on public order and public safety working group. See more about his work on the ACPO website. 
 

View his biography and expenses

Deputy Chief Constable Alan Pughsley supports the Chief Constable in making sure Kent Police is efficient and effective. He is responsible for:

• all operational delivery and for delivery against performance targets
• engaging with a range of stakeholders and representing the force on the Kent Criminal Justice Board
• corporate development (including change management, strategic planning, delivering service improvement, service inspection and performance analysis).
   

View his biography and expenses.

Assistant Chief Constable Gary Beautridge is responsible for the joint Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, including:

• intelligence and specialist operations
• major, serious and organised crime
• forensics

View his biography and expenses

Assistant Chief Constable Paul Brandon is responsible for Central Operations, including:

• the Force Resource Unit
• the Force Control Room
• critical incidents, emergency planning and civil contingencies
• initial crime investigation and forensics
• roads policing
• police national computer (PNC Bureau)
• firearms
• dog unit
• special branch
• public order
• frontier operations, Kent and Essex marine unit and European liaison including the Cross Channel Intelligence Community (CCIC) 

• View his biography and expenses

Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Matthew Nix is responsible for Local Policing and Partnerships:

• performance of our policing areas
• neighbourhood policing and public satisfaction
• crime reduction
• partnerships (Kent Partnerships, business safety partnerships)
• Kent Special Constabulary and volunteers
• anti-social behaviour and youth offending
• substance misuse

• View his biography and expenses

Director of the Joint Information Technology Department for Kent and Essex, Andy Barker is responsible for:

• our IT responsiveness to extraordinary operational events
• efficiency and cost effectiveness across the joint IT department
• creating innovative solutions and IT collaboration

View his biography. Mr Barker is employed by Essex Police and his expenses are available to view on the Essex Police website.

Director of Essex and Kent Support Services Mark Gilmartin is responsible for the following services in both counties:

• finance
• human resources
• estates
• the Business Centre
• procurement
• transport.

View his biography and expenses.