Castle

James joined Sussex Police in 2004 and has dedicated his career to protecting communities. As a Police Constable and Sergeant, he spent his early years in Brighton in a variety of uniformed roles, including Response, Investigations, Neighbourhood Policing and Community Safety. This diverse experience provided him with a solid foundation in all aspects of police work.

After becoming an Inspector, James spent several years as a Critical Incident Inspector before becoming a Firearms Commander. He later transitioned to lead the Children and Young Persons Team, focusing on supporting and diverting children away from the Criminal Justice system.

In November 2023, James moved to West Sussex Division as a Chief Inspector, and in April 2024, he became the District Commander for Adur, Worthing and Horsham. In this role, he is responsible for leading Response Policing, who attend emergency and priority incidents across the District. In addition, he oversees the Neighbourhood Policing Teams, which work closely with local partners to tackle the more entrenched issues within the community.

Alongside his current role James is an accredited Force Critical Incident Manager, the Business Crime Lead for West Sussex and maintains an active role as a Force Tactical Firearms Commander.

The Neighbourhood Sergeant provides frontline leadership to coordinate neighbourhood team activity, and works with the community, partners and other colleagues to deliver safer neighbourhoods.

This includes directing problem solving and engagement activity, and being responsive to community needs.

PCSOs provide a visible, accessible and approachable uniformed presence in the community, using designated powers where needed, deterring and preventing crime, and tackling antisocial behaviour.

They are problem solvers and work with partners, where needed, to address local issues.

Police Constables work in the community to tackle local issues and crimes. They provide a visible, accessible and approachable uniformed presence in the community, and are responsive to local needs.

They take a problem solving approach to issues, work with partners, focus on engagement and target their activity where it is needed most.

The Neighbourhood Inspector has overall responsibility for the entire neighbourhood policing team of Sergeants, Police Constables, PCSOs and police staff.

They are responsible for delivering on neighbourhood policing strategies, directing the deployment of the team and developing relationships with partners and key stakeholders, to enable the neighbourhood policing team to work effectively.