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Senior Leaders

Sussex Police have a command team of both police officers and police staff who work together to ensure the effective and efficient running of the force.

 

Chief Constable Giles York QPM

As Chief Constable (CC), Giles York engages closely with the Police and Crime Commissioner and leads the Chief Officer team.

Giles is the force lead for Diversity. He is the national police lead for the Workforce Development, Intellectual Property Crime and Digital First.

CC York started his service with Kent Police before being appointed as Assistant Chief Constable with South Wales Police; he was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable in Sussex Police in 2008.

Deputy Chief Constable Jo Shiner

Previously Jo was Assistant Chief Constable for Kent, most recently heading up the local policing command. 

Her career in the police spans almost 26 years, during which time she has undertaken a wide variety of roles.  These have mainly been operational, in uniform and as a detective within the Child and Adult Protection arena, in CID and as a firearms and critical incident commander for over 15 years. 

Most of her time has been served in Norfolk, with the last four years in Kent.

Outside of work, Jo sits as a Trustee for the charity Embrace (Child Victims of Crime) and is a keen sportswoman, raising money for various charities through her participation in sporting events; she is also the proud owner of a very exuberant rescued Mountain dog, Rocky.

Assistant Chief Constable Julia Chapman

Julia spent over 26 years in Kent Police, which provided a wealth of experience across both crime and uniform roles in Local Policing, Criminal Justice and Public Protection. She served as Divisional Commander for West Division, as well as a Strategic Firearms and Gold Public Order Commander.

Now residing in Kent, Julia grew up in Sussex and her family still lives in the county.

Away from work Julia enjoys running and belongs to a local running club.

Assistant Chief Constable Dave Miller

Dave joined Sussex Police in 1997 having spent 10 years working in the retail and travel industries and in the military. He started his police career in Brighton, then as a Sergeant in West Sussex, with the National Crime Squad (now NCA) and divisional CID as a Detective Inspector. He then spent the next few years as a DCI on division and Criminal Justice then as District Commander in Brighton.

He led local and national inspections with the HMIC and was a divisional Superintendent for Crime and Operations before transferring on promotion to Chief Superintendent in Surrey Police, leading Response Command, Specialist Crime Command across Surrey and Sussex, Public Protection and East Surrey Division.

Dave was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable for Surrey and Sussex Operations, Gatwick Airport and Force Contact, Command and Control Department in May 2019. He holds a number of regional portfolios, is a Public Order Gold Commander, Strategic Firearms Commander, national assessor, holds a Masters’ Degree and is a qualified executive coach. He is passionate about policing, catching and holding to account those who do the most harm to our communities and supporting people to be the best they can be.

He likes to try to keep fit buy with a busy job and four children, there isn't time for much else.

Assistant Chief Officer (ERP) Jane Harwood

Jane started her working career as an internal consultant for the Metropolitan Police before transferring to Surrey Police as Director of Corporate Development. In addition to her portfolio responsibilities she helped plan the boundary change between the Met and Surrey Police and led the reassurance policing programme which resulted in the roll out of Neighbourhood Policing across England and Wales. Following completion of the Senior Police Leaders Strategic Command Course she became Director of Corporate Development and Deputy Chief Executive at the national police training body (Centrex) before moving to the Museums, Archives and Libraries. Two years later she became the Deputy Chief Executive for the Metropolitan Police Authority and led the change programme to establish the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. During this time she also completed an MBA. Later the same year she set up her own independent consultancy and worked across both the public and private sector.

More recently she took on responsibility for all People Services across Surrey and Sussex Police before moving into her current role of SRO, leading and implementing a new ERP solution (covering HR, finance, L+D, fleet, payroll and duties) and a shared service business centre across Surrey, Sussex and Thames Valley Police

Jane is a trustee for the national charity Missing People and has a close association with COSMIC.

Director of Finance Peter Gillett

Peter has over 30 years’ experience in local government finance and senior management, having held Chief Finance Officer, Resources Director and Head of Paid Service roles.

His portfolio includes Finance, Procurement, and Facilities (property, vehicle fleet management and firearms licensing).

A CIPFA qualified Accountant, he has been s151 Officer at three local authorities - Malvern Hills, Gloucester City and Bristol City Councils. During this time he has become renowned for both service transformation and for implementing alternative service delivery models, including innovative partnerships with the private sector - most recently playing a key role in the set-up of Bristol Energy Ltd, a unique, local authority wholly-owned trading company supplying energy to households and businesses nationwide.

Outside of work, Peter is married with three children, all of whom play in bands. With his eldest son based in Leeds, his daughter in Bristol and his youngest son at home in Worcestershire, he spends much of his spare time at weekends as an unpaid roadie! He is also a member of his local parish council and a qualified motorcycle instructor, teaching learners on a voluntary basis at a local scheme.

Director of People Services Adrian Rutherford

Adrian is responsible for all People Services across Surrey and Sussex Police – this includes HR, Shared Business Services, Learning & Development and Occupational Health. He has worked for the police service for over 22 years, mainly in roles within Sussex Police which have included Divisional HR Manager roles as well as Head of HR Services and the Lead for Occupational Health and Well-being across both Surrey and Sussex Police. Recently he has overseen the creation of a collaborated Occupational Health Unit between Surrey and Sussex Police and the Fire & Rescue Services of Surrey and East Sussex. Adrian is a Chartered Member of the CIPD.

Outside of work, Adrian is a keen tennis player, playing regularly and acting as a Team Captain for his local Club. He also enjoys walking, travelling and history.