Kent Police

Kent Police
MottoProtecting and serving the people of Kent
Agency overview
Formed14 January 1857; 167 years ago (1857-01-14) (as Kent County Constabulary)
Employees6,971[1]
Volunteers232[1]
Annual budget£495.4 million (2024/25)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionKent (including Medway), England, UK
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
Overseen by
HeadquartersMaidstone, Kent
Constables4,269 (including 302 special constables) (March 2022)[1]
Police Community Support Officers287 (March 2022)[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; 999 Emergency Call Out; This Cop Life
Website
www.kent.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata

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 South East England.

  1. ^ a b c d "Police workforce statistics". .GOV.UK. March 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Setting the Kent Police budget". Kent Police and Crime Commissioner. Retrieved 13 April 2021.