Chair

Laura was elected to the position of the Essex Chair in July 2020 but has been a federation rep since 2014.

Laura is trained in all areas of federation work but is the lead for Post Incident Procedure, an area she is passionate about.

Laura is the voice and face of Essex Police Federation and has responsibility for the Media and Communication Strategy. She has been instrumental in promoting the Facebook group and increasing membership, which currently sits at over 1800 members.  

Laura has promised to make the federation more open, transparent, and honest with the membership. She has vowed to always reflect the views of the membership both internally and externally. 

Laura will strive to represent the membership without fear of favour, building in the relationship she already has with Chief officers on the best interests of officers. 

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Secretary/Treasurer

Dean is the Essex Secretary and Treasurer.
Elected in January 2022, he is in overall charge of the Police Federation in Essex.  He oversees the activities of the full-time officers and the elected representatives throughout the Force. He has a particular responsibility for, and expertise in, police ill health pensions.  He is an ex-officio member of all of our sub-committees.

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Misconduct Lead

Stuart was elected to the post of Principal Officer in October 2016.   

Stuart is the Essex Police Federation Lead for Misconduct.  His full-time role includes liaising with the Professional Standards Department (PSD) and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Stuart works alongside a dedicated team of Misconduct Trained Reps, who deal with all levels of Misconduct from Crime to offering advice on writing an A57.

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Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Officer

Matt was elected to the position of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead in July 2020 having previously served 10 years in the post of Custody Sergeant. He has also served in the Force Support Unit, CID and as a MAT officer and Defensive Skills Instructor.

Matt is the lead in all diversity and equality matters and is also the lead for grievances, agile working, flexible working, maternity, wellbeing, disability and mental health. He is also trained in misconduct, health and safety, post incident procedure and advocacy.

Attendance at the Chiefs DEI Board and Boards for all departments and areas is key to the role especially after the launch in November 2020 of the DEI Strategy for Essex Police. Building relationships with all support networks is essential and Matt is also a member of the LGBTQ+, Meno/Andropause and WLDF support networks and Chair of the Essex Police Men’s Forum.

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Office Manager

As well as being responsible for the administrative running of the office, Helen manages the Group Insurance Scheme for both serving and retired officers.  She deals with all queries relating to the Critical Illness Cover, Personal Accident Insurance, Life Insurance, Partner Insurance and Casting Benefit.
She also provides secretarial support to the Secretary and Chair.

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Administrative Assistant

Esther is able to assist with Group Insurance, Federation membership and enquiries.  She is also responsible for concessionary rail travel ,travel insurance, Holiday Home holiday home, Leavers, Injury on Duty, Post Incident Procedures, C1s for personal injury claims, C2s and Federation memorabilia.

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