Kent Police

Kent Police
Kent Police
Motto	Protecting and serving the people of Kent
Agency overview
Formed	14 January 1857 (as Kent County Constabulary)
Employees	6,971
Volunteers	232
Annual budget	£495.4 million (2024/25)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Kent (including Medway), England, UK
	Map of Kent Police's jurisdiction
Size	1,433 square miles (3,710 km2)
Population	1.8 million
Legal jurisdiction	England & Wales
Constituting instrument	Police Act 1996;
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Overseen by	His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services; Independent Office for Police Conduct;
Headquarters	Maidstone, Kent
Constables	4,269 (including 302 special constables) (March 2022)
Police Community Support Officers	287 (March 2022)
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible	Matthew Scott;
Agency executives	Tim Smith, Chief Constable; Peter Ayling, Deputy Chief Constable;
Areas	3
Facilities
Stations	20 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

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.

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