Latest News About Essex Police

Updated 2026-04-27 20:05

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Essex Police Dispatch - issue 152

Last year, our Police Online Investigation Team (POLIT) made more than 600 arrests or suspect interviews for these offences and secured 424 charges – the most of any force anywhere in the UK. In the last 12 months the team also solved 92 percent of the 450 investigations they carried out. The figures come as the Home Secretary, the Right Honourable James Cleverly MP, visited our force to mark the one-year anniversary of the national CSE Taskforce.

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Latest news from Essex Police in the Basildon district

Chelmsford magistrates heard on 12 April that when the man had been arrested the day before, he’d refused to provide a sample for a Class A drug test, which he is required to do under our drug test on arrest (DTOA) scheme. He also admitted this charge.The court was told the man targeted the bp garage in East Mayne, Basildon, on 24 occasions since June 2024 – sometimes twice on the same day. … Under DTOA, detainees who test positive are required to attend an assessment session with one of the...

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