Within the Commissioner’s team are the following departments:
Chief Executive
CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND MONITORING OFFICER
The post of Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer is currently vacant.
Gareth Boulton
Deputy Chief Executive
Gareth deputises for and supports the Chief Executive in ensuring key functions are delivered effectively, efficiently, and in line with statutory requirements.
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Chris O’Hara
Head of Estates
Chris joined the team in 2019, bringing with him over 25 years’ experience of working in estates and facilities management in leisure, education, retail and corporate sectors. Chris has set up and now leads a team of over 50 professionals,…
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Paul Benfield
Treasurer
The Treasurer is a statutory role and is the Section 151 officer for the PCC. Paul is the principal advisor to the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) on the preparation of financial strategies. Ensuring that strategies and resources and implemented…
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Maria Willmott
Personal Assistant to the PCC
Maria is responsible for managing the PCC’s engagements with the public and partners.


Alison Rixom
PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO DPCC AND APCC’S
Alison is responsible for managing the diaries of the above individuals, as well as supporting with correspondence and meetings.
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Rachael Thorold
PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE, Treasurer AND COMMISSIONING MANAGER
Rachael is responsible for managing the diaries of the above individuals, as well as supporting with correspondence and meetings.


Claire Richardson
Commissioning Manager
Claire manages the commissioning team, who are responsible for ensuring there are enough victim services for those who need support, and there are early intervention programmes in place to prevent crime from happening. They also ensure there are services that…
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Helen Davies
Commissioning Officer
Helen is responsible for areas such as child criminal and sexual exploitation, water safety and serious organised crime.


Megan Harris
Commissioning Officer
Megan is part of the commissioning team, who are responsible for ensuring there are enough victim services for those who need support, and there are early intervention programmes in place to prevent crime from happening.


Deb Rood
Commissioning Assistant
Deb is responsible for areas such as road safety, rural and business crime, community safety partnerships (CSPs) and acquisitive crime.


Angie Rich
Sexual Violence Portfolio lead
Angie is the commissioning’s team lead on Sexual Violence and works closely with partners to improve services for victims.


Jackie Irvin
Senior Policy Manager
Jackie manages the policy team, who are responsible for supporting the PCC and his team with performance, scrutiny and policy advice and for the running of the Independent Custody Visitor Scheme.


Chris Jensen
Criminal Justice Policy Manager
Chris leads on policy areas relating to Criminal Justice.


Jen Humphries
ICV Coordinator
Jen’s main responsibility is to run the Commissioner’s Independent Custody Visitor’s (ICV) Scheme. Jen also provides administrative support to the Commissioner’s complaints review function.
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Natasha Noorbakhsh
Policy Officer
Natasha leads on policy areas including standards and ethics, serious organised crime and the workforce.


Charity Pearce
Policy Assistant
Charity leads on policy areas including road safety, performance and domestic abuse.


Alfie Bates
Policy and Commissioning Intern
Alfie is the Policy and Commissioning Intern and works with both teams to monitor performance within the force and oversee grants applications for a range of partners.


Lizi Platts
Communications and Engagement Manager
Lizi is responsible for managing and leading the Communications and Engagement team. The team ensure communities are aware of what the Commissioner is doing and what decisions are being made. The team also ensure communities have a voice and an…
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Sarah-Jane Morgan
Communications and Engagement Officer
Sarah-Jane is responsible for communications, engagements and campaigns on subjects such as rural and business crime, cyber-crime, and water safety
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Amy Singleton
Communications and Engagement Officer
Amy is responsible for communications, engagements and campaigns on subjects such as domestic abuse, serious and sexual violence, and stalking and harassment.
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Caroline Schubert
Estates Communications Officer
Caroline is responsible for communications, engagements and campaigns on subjects related to estates.


Tracey Freeman
Casework Officer
Tracey is responsible for dealing with correspondence that come into the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. She triages cases and signposts to the appropriate department. She acts on behalf of the PCC to ensure appropriate exploration and responses…


Amy Miles
Digital Media and Engagement Assistant
Amy is responsible for ensuring communication from the Commissioner is shared with the appropriate audiences via the appropriate platform, and feedback is gathered.
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Teresa Babbington
Finance Officer
The finance team manages the budget along with commissioning and organise and oversee grants for a range of partners.


Beth Witts
Finance Officer
The finance team manages the budget along with commissioning and organise and oversee grants for a range of partners.

