The force has recently delivered a new Consultation Strategy . This document outlines our approach to consultation, and will be continually developed. The most recent version will always be available as a PDF file online.

Contact us
We would welcome your comments on the strategy and our approach to consultation - you can complete our feedback form online, email us at consultation@sussex.pnn.police.uk, or alternatively, please contact:

Paul Price, Consultation Co-ordinator
Tel: 01273 404739
Write to Paul Price, Sussex Police HQ, Malling House, Church Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2DZ

This site will be used to discuss the results of recent consultations and planned consultations. Please visit this site regularly to see new feedback or information about forthcoming events.

Recent consultations

The Sussex Police Local Policing Plan
The annual local policing plan explains what Sussex Police is setting out to achieve in 2008/11.

The Sussex Police Local Policing Plan

Current consultations

Sussex Police Race Equality Scheme 2005/8
Sussex Police is committed to promoting equality, fairness and respect. Our focus is to provide a service that recognises, understands and applies the experience and needs of all communities to our decision making and service delivery. The 2005/8 Race Equality Scheme outlines how we will do this. A copy of the draft of the scheme can be download from here . If you have any feedback , questions or comments to make on the scheme, please use the feedback form or email address shown at the top of this page or contact the consultation co-ordinator at the address above. Alternatively, the scheme itself has a detachable feedback form (page 48) which you can post to us.


External Reference Group (Race)
Sussex Police has established an external reference group made up of representatives of black and minority ethnic (BME) community groups such as Sompriti and the Voice project as well as members drawn from our divisional and strategic independent advisory groups (IAGs). The group will meet regularly (six weekly initially followed by quarterly meetings once established) and has agreed a terms of reference to test, challenge and inform Sussex Police’s Race Equality Scheme.

We are seeking to increase the membership of this important forum and would welcome approaches from representatives of any community groups specialising in black and minority ethnic community issues in Sussex. If you are interested, please read the terms of reference of the group which can be downloaded here. If you would then like to nominate yourself or your group for membership, please complete and return the questionnaire found here. For any other information on the group, please contact the consultation co-ordinator at the address above.


Forthcoming consultations

Neighbourhood Reassurance Surveys
Sussex Police is about to initiate wide ranging and very localised surveying of communities on a regular basis, to place communities at the heart of identifying the issues that really affect their quality of life.

The surveys will allow to monitor how well you feel the local police are addressing the issues that matter to you. The generic questionnaire that will be utilised for this surveying can be downloaded here. If you would like to talk to us about the possibility of conducting a survey in your local area, please contact the Consultation Co-ordinator.