About us
It's truly vibrant, diverse and rewarding work, protecting everyone in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Constabulary
Policing in Derbyshire takes more than 3,500 people in a wide range of roles. Around half of these are police officers, but we also have a variety of police staff. From police community support officers to police staff and volunteers, we all play an equally important role in protecting the people of Derbyshire.
It’s a vibrant, challenging and rewarding place to work and we’re committed to equality and diversity. We aim to create a constabulary that truly reflects the communities we serve. As part of this, we promote Positive Action. This means when you apply to join us, as well as assessing you on merit, we’ll look at your application according to our need and in line with current legislation to actively encourage a more diverse workforce.
Join Derbyshire Constabulary and you’ll find a team that pulls together, across departments to protect the people of Derbyshire. Whatever your role, you’ll be working alongside a variety of highly motivated, ambitious and capable people. Most importantly, you’ll play a unique role in helping us to keep Derbyshire as one of the safest places to live and work in England.
More about us
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.
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. We’re also introducing new neighbourhood investigation officers and recruiting 20 new police officers, including seven who used to be 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 fly tipping, parking on pavements and dog fouling. 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 and opposing G4S-style privatisation. 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.