Video: Commissioner reveals results of PFCC survey into Government proposals to reform policing
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.
You can view a video of Roger Hirst outlining the survey outcome here.
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.