Senior leaders

The Chief Constable is responsible for the direction and control of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary.

Accountable to the Chief Constable, the Deputy Chief Constable is responsible for force performance and service delivery, optimising the potential and capability of our people, ethical and professional standards, force risk and audit, inspection activity, organisational learning and the Force Change Programme.

The Deputy Chief Constable is responsible for holding assistant chief constables and assistant chief officers to account for operational delivery across the force, as well as planning, resourcing and delivering transformational change within the force’s allocated budget.

Strategic lead for all contact centres and the Joint Operations Unit, which includes Roads Policing, Armed Response, Public Order, Marine and Mounted Teams, across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Strategic lead across all investigations teams, custody, intelligence, serious and organised crime, public protection and safeguarding, as well as the wider criminal justice system. Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with regional and national partners, including the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Prison Service, National Probation Service and the judiciary.

Strategic lead for Public Service, Culture and Legitimacy. The portfolio is responsible for ensuring the force’s vision and priorities are supported and aligned with its culture and legitimacy goals. The role is key in enabling a high-quality service to the public, reinforcing trust and confidence within the organisation and the community. The portfolio also oversees the force estate.

Strategic lead for local policing delivery across our five areas including neighbourhood policing, local crime investigation and emergency response teams.

Responsible for building and maintaining relationships at executive level with partner agencies, including local authorities and other emergency services. Leads on the force’s use of police powers, serious violence reduction and rural policing matters.

The Assistant Chief Constable leads the South East regional counter-terrorism and organised-crime portfolio for the Constabulary, subject to the applicable collaboration, operational command and territorial arrangements.

The Specials Chief Officer leads the Constabulary's Special Constabulary, supporting the direction, standards and development of volunteer police officers in accordance with the force's command arrangements.

As well as being the force’s Chief Finance Officer, this is the Assistant Chief Officer for Finance, Transport, Uniform Stores and Procurement. The Chief Finance Officer is responsible for setting and maintaining the budget for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and the Mayor of the HSCCA. The Chief Finance Officer serves as a strategic adviser to the Chief Officer Group on all financial matters, including planning for capital investment in new buildings and transformational change.

Responsible for IT and information management strategies across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, increasingly focused on transforming the force’s technology and developing regional and national IT solutions and appropriate data strategies and governance to enable a more joined up approach between forces and partners.

Accountable to the Chief Constable, the Assistant Chief Officer is the Chief Officer for People, responsible for setting the direction of all people services. The post provides strategic advice to the Chief Officer Group and the Mayor of the HSCCA on all people matters. It is responsible for setting and delivering the people strategy for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, including improving recruitment, training, diversity and retention.