PFCC survey on proposed Government reforms to policing - report now published
A report outlining responses to a recent PFCC survey into proposed Government reforms to policing is now published.
You can read the report by clicking here.
Earlier this year, the Home Office published a White Paper, From Local to National: A New Model for Policing, which sets out proposals to move towards fewer and much larger regional police constabularies.
Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, invited residents of all ages to take part in a public survey to ensure the views of communities across the county were represented as the Government considers how to implement its major package of reforms.
The survey was hosted online and ran between Wednesday the 10th of June and Wednesday the 22nd of July 2026. More than 1,700 people from across Essex responded.
All the responses have now been collated by an independent analyst and show that nearly 70% of participants oppose the proposal to merge police forces into larger regional constabularies.