In the last 12 months, PD Kaiser has directly contributed to the arrest of 42 suspected criminals. And he has found 25 keys pieces of evidence. The three-year-old German shepherd loves to celebrate arrests with chicken and sardine treats. Top work PD Kaiser!
Pitsea: Enquiries continue into fatal collision
“My team is working tirelessly to give their loved ones the answers they need”
That’s from the officer leading the investigation into last night’s fatal collision in Pitsea where two children died.
Officers have been carrying out enquiries since a collision involving a car and the two children in Ashlyns at around 6.25pm on Saturday 1 February.
We can now confirm the children are a 16 year-old boy and a nine year-old girl.
The car failed to stop at the scene and a man and a woman – both in their 20s – were arrested a short time later on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.
Chelmsford: Vehicles seized after illegal street racing
We received calls from about 9pm on Friday 24 January about illegal street racing taking place on the A131 near to the racecourse, including people reporting near misses.
BBC News came to Essex to see how we’re tackling shoplifting.
You can watch their full report on iPlayer – it was broadcast throughout the day on 30 January.
Officers from the Chelmsford community policing and town centre teams mounted one of their regular plain-clothes operations to tackle shoplifting in the city centre, while our specialist Business Crime officers spoke to retailers about their concerns and ways of improving store security and staff safety.
Thurrock: Rapper sentenced to five years and seven months for drug dealing
Rapper Jordan Antoine has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after being found guilty of running Class A drugs into Essex.
Antoine, 30, of Simons Walk, London, E15, performed under the name Charlie Brown – slang terms for cocaine and heroin – with songs glamorising drug dealing and violence.
However, he was making peanuts from his music career with his income coming from control of the ‘Fresh’ line, supplying cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin in Thurrock.
He was arrested at his mum’s house in Stratford following a joint operation between our Op Raptor team in Grays and the Met’s Op Orochi officers.
Thaxted: Life sentence for murder of Richard Langley
A murderer has been jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 18 years after killing a man in the village of Thaxted.
Kevin Horswill, 51, of Magdalen Green in Thaxted, was sentenced by Her Honour Judge Mary Loram at Chelmsford Crown Court on 29 January, following a two-week trial.
The jury heard details of the case assembled by detectives, underpinned by a detailed timeline of CCTV from throughout the evening of the attack.
Our officers showed that pair were seen arguing on camera at a Thaxted pub shortly before the fatal attack.
Our timeline tracked them moving separately through the village before Horswill returned to Richard’s garden in Orchard Close, and then leaving shortly after now injured as a result of his assault.
Bodyworn video shortly after showed the efforts of the public, paramedics and police to save Richard’s life.
Difficult times lay ahead for Essex Police as the Police, Fire and Crime Panel prepare to meet to decide upon the amount the county’s taxpayers contribute to policing in Essex.
Chief Constable BJ Harrington said Essex Police had done all it could to fight for a fair funding deal, to make efficiency savings to plug a funding gap and to try to find alternative solutions to sustain our current level of operational policing in the county.
The panel will meet to decide the amount the people of Essex pay for their police next month.
However, even if the precept is set at the maximum amount of £14, the force will still face a residual £5m gap in its budget.
This mean that a number of difficult options will be presented to the panel in order to plug the funding gap.
A 51-year-old man from Thaxted has been convicted of murder after a violent assault in the victim’s own garden.
Kevin Horswill, of Magdalen Green in the village, had been at The Star public house in Mill End on the evening of 17 March 2024 when Richard Langley arrived.
During the course of the evening the two were involved in an altercation before 52-year-old Richard left.
Richard can be seen on CCTV walking the dog in the village later that evening, when Horswill appears shortly after on the same cameras walking the same route before fatally assaulting him in the garden of his address in Orchard Close.
Horswill tried to deny he instigated the assault at his trial at Chelmsford crown Court, but the jury refused to believe he acted in self-defence and convicted him of murder by majority verdict on 28 January 2025.
He will be remanded in custody until his sentencing at the same court on 29 January 2025.
Thurrock: Community policing officers recover three stolen vehicles in one day
Three stolen cars have been recovered by officers from Thurrock Community Policing Team.
Following information received, they located a Ford Puma in Castle Road, Grays, and a Kia Stinger in London Road, Purfleet, today 27 January 2025.
Both cars have been recovered and will be returned to their owners.
Officers also located a BMW 3 Series dumped down a farm track in Chadwell St Mary, which had been stolen from Oxford two days previously. Unfortunately, it had been broken down for its spare parts.
All vehicles will be tested forensically and inquiries into the thefts are ongoing.
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This week we remember
Roderick ‘Rod’ Norton Daniels
Rod Daniels served with Essex Police for over 30 years from 4 June 1970. On 8 February 2001, he was on duty driving back from court at Harwich on the A12. He stopped at the scene of an accident close to a bend in the road near Kelvedon. After marked cars and colleagues arrived on scene, Rod, wearing a fluorescent jacket, walked down the verge to warn other drivers. He was struck by a maroon Ford Sierra and was killed.
Thomas Arthur Wake
Thomas Wake served with Essex County Constabulary from 22 August 1921. He previously served in the Norfolk Regiment during the First World War and was wounded in the battle of Mons. After 5 years with Essex Constabulary, he was on patrol near Billericay when he was knocked over by a motor bike. Thomas was off duty for a month suffering from bad headaches and fits. He returned to work on 5 February 1927 and died three days later.
The Chief Constable regrets to inform you of the sad death of our former colleague Leonard Terry who retired as a Constable in 1989 and served at Pitsea, Brentwood, Dog Section at Chelmsford, Thorpe Le Soken, Orsett Heath, Special Branch at Tilbury and Southend. He passed away on 13 January 2025 aged 85 years.
John Rose
The Chief Constable regrets to inform you of the sad death of our former colleague John Christopher Rose who retired as a sergeant in 1992 and served at Blackmore, Grays, Colchester, Clacton & Mistley. He passed away on 19 January 2025 aged 85 years.
When and how to contact the Police
We're offering more ways of reporting non-emergency crime and anti-social behaviour through the digital 101 service on our website.
You can also use the service to contact your local policing team, tell us about something you have seen or heard, or request information.
We also have a 24-hour Live Chat service, where you can send direct messages to a digital 101 operator.
We still have our 24-hour 101 service which people can call if they feel it is more appropriate to speak to us or don't have access to the internet.
Always call 999 if a serious offence is in progress or has just been committed, someone is in immediate danger or harm, property is in danger or being damaged, or a serious disruption to the public is likely.
If you have a hearing or speech impairment, use our textphone service 18000.
British Sign Language (BSL) users please use our video relay service where an interpreter will help you report the crime to us.
If you're in danger but you can't talk on the phone, you should still call 999, then follow these instructions depending on whether you're calling from a mobile or a landline.
