The collaboration has been designed to provide additional resilience across the South East as well as consistency in our approach to fire investigation and the training of all fire investigation officers

  In November 2021, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent and Surrey Fire and Rescue Services signed a joint policy (Memorandum of Understanding) for the 4F Collaboration fire investigation function. The purpose of a joint policy function between West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Surrey Fire and Rescue Services is to provide a standard and consistent […]

Four arrested and hundreds of cannabis plants seized from factory in Southampton

  At 7.10am today (11 January), officers executed a warrant in connection with drug production and supply at a warehouse in Pitt Road, Southampton. Three men, aged 27, 29 and 25, all of no fixed address, were arrested on suspicion of the cultivation of cannabis. They all remain in police custody at this time. A […]

Two people have been killed after Waltham Abbey Collision

Essex Police have sadly confirmed that two people have died after being involved in a collision in Parklands, Waltham Abbey, yesterday afternoon. Officers were called to reports of a collision between a BMW and a Mini near to the junction with Congreve Road shortly before 1pm. Police have now confirmed the occupants of the Mini, […]

A woman has died following a collision on the A3 earlier this morning

  We were called to the A3 between the Send Junction and Guildford Junction at around 2am on the 11y January 2022 following reports of a pedestrian being struck by a car. The woman, 24, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Both directions of the carriageway remain closed at this time while emergency services, […]

A woman has died following a collision on the M25 earlier this morning

Police were called to the clockwise carriageway between J8 and 9 around 8.05am on 11th January 2022 following reports of a collision between a car and a lorry. The lorry was parked on the hard shoulder at the time. The female driver of the car was treated at the scene by paramedics but was sadly […]

Officers are continuing to conduct enquiries and search areas of Portobello in relation to Alice Byrne who was last seen on the morning of Saturday, 1 January

Officers are continuing to conduct enquiries and search areas of Portobello in relation to Alice Byrne who was last seen on the morning of Saturday, 1 January.Chief Inspector Kieran Dougal said: “The local community has been keen to support our ongoing enquiry to trace Alice. Today we are continuing to carry out enquiries, review CCTV […]

Detectives in east Kent are warning people of the dangers of falling victim to extortion following a number of recent reports of ‘sextortion’

  Sextortion’ refers to a specific type of cyber-enabled crime in which victims are lured into recording themselves performing sexual acts. Unbeknown to victims, their actions are recorded by criminals who then use the video footage to blackmail them. Generally, criminals request money and if demands are not met the offenders threaten to upload the […]