About us
It’s a rewarding and challenging place to work, where the public is at the very centre of every decision we make
Derbyshire Constabulary
It takes 3,500 people in a wide range of roles to police Derbyshire. Every member of Derbyshire Constabulary plays and essential role in achieving our priorities of preventing harm, responding to the public, safeguarding communities, and investigating crime.
It’s a rewarding and challenging place to work, where the public is at the very centre of every decision we make. We are committed to leadership and building an inclusive organisation that reflects the diversity of the community we serve.
By focusing on strong leadership, we are building a capable, confident and well-equipped force that delivers consistently high standards of service. A significant part of this is focusing on developing the talents of our people and embracing innovation, data and technology.
Our collective commitment, professionalism and focus on getting it right for our community first time sets a clear path to delivering the outstanding service that the residents of Derbyshire deserve.
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Our divisional area map
North Division
North Division comprises the areas of Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire, Bolsover, High Peak, Derbyshire Dales and Amber Valley. It covers Chesterfield, Clay Cross, Dronfield, Staveley and surroundings. It includes many parts of Bolsover District Council and also covers the Amber Valley area, including Ripley, Belper and Alfreton amongst others. North Division also covers the north west of the county, spreading as far as New Mills in the north to Ashbourne in the south, taking in Buxton, Bakewell, Matlock and many other towns inbetween.
South Division
The Derby, Derby South and Erewash area is referred to in policing terms as 'South Division'. It includes Derby City Centre as wells as Allestree, Chaddesden, Mickleover and Swadlincote, to give just a few examples. It also includes areas around Ilkeston, Sandiacre and Long Eaton amongst others.
Our Leadership model
Our LEADership Model describes how we lead ourselves, each other and our organisation and supports how we work together to deliver the best service to the public.
LEAD (Listen, Engage, Act, Deliver) sets out the behaviours and expectations for everyone, regardless of rank, role or department. It is built on our values and provides a common language for leadership across the force, helping to develop confident and capable leaders.
Our values of integrity, professionalism, respect and being proud to serve underpins every LEAD behaviour and guide how we work every day. It helps us to create consistent leadership across the force through clear leadership standards and expectations to enable us to build trust and accountability, giving improved outcomes for our communities.
Whether you join us as a police officer, member of police staff, volunteer or leader, by following the LEAD model you will be in environment where colleagues support each other to perform at their best, where there is openness to feedback and continuous learning. You will have ownership over your decisions and actions while working collaboratively across teams.
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A brief history of Derbyshire Constabulary
Derbyshire Constabulary was formed in 1857 with 156 men covering eight divisions and it's headquarters at Belper. Today, with four larger divisions in Alfreton, Buxton, Chesterfield and Derby, we’ve grown into an organisation over 3,500 strong, so our original Latin motto, ‘VIS UNITA FORTIOR’, still holds true - ‘strength united is greater’.
Investing in the future
We’re investing to make Derbyshire a safe and inclusive county. How? By making sure our resources and activities support the Police and Crime Plan, and focusing on visibility and engagement. As part of this, we’re reshaping our community policing. We’re training officers for new roles and continuing to recruit new PCSOs.This will give us increased visibility in local communities, so we can improve road safety, give vulnerable people more support and investigate more incidents.
We’ll be tackling issues like anti-social behaviour, road safety and rural crime. At the same time, we’ll respond to new and emerging crimes such as child sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, human trafficking and cybercrime. We’re continuing our pioneering approach to cracking down on drug and alcohol-related crimes, hate crime, heritage, rural and wildlife crime. And we’ll make sure we give people in mental health crisis the support and services they need.
We’ll carry on asking the government for fairer funding for Derbyshire. We’re also working closely with a range of partner organisations to lower re-offending and keep young people out of the criminal justice system. Most importantly, we’re investing to ensure that we continue to provide an accessible, strong, active and effective police service for all our communities.