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WE WORK ON BEHALF OF FIVE FORCES TO KEEP THE REGION SAFE
East Midlands Special Operations Unit
One of the largest collaborative units of its kind in the country, with over 1,000 employees, the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) delivers specialist capabilities on behalf of the five East Midlands police forces - Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
Recently shortlisted for a World Class Policing award, EMSOU is an exciting place to work, where no two days are the same, where there is a variety of police officer, specialist and police staff roles across the department. Relevant specialist training is given to each and every one of its staff and expertise lies in six distinct areas.

Our East Midlands Special Operations Unit teams
Counter Terrorism Policing
Counter Terrorism Policing
Counter Terrorism Policing tackles the threat posed to the East Midlands by terrorism and domestic extremism through intelligence gathering and investigation, the monitoring of ports and borders, providing security advice for national infrastructure, hazardous sites and crowded places, and preventing vulnerable people from being radicalised. The unit is also part of the national Counter Terrorism Policing Network.
Regional Organised Crime Unit
Regional Organised Crime Unit
The focus here is on intelligence gathering and the disruption and investigation of serious and organised criminals. The team’s services include covert tactics, digital forensics, and criminal finance and asset recovery in support of investigations into people, drugs and firearms trafficking, cybercrime, fraud and money laundering, as well as prison corruption. They also coordinate the region’s response to modern slavery and human trafficking and ‘county lines.’
Major Crime Team
Major Crime Team
The Major Crime Team investigates cases of suspicious death, including murder and manslaughter inquiries, as well as serious and complex crime. By the very nature of the crimes investigated, most cases taken on by the Major Crime Team are high-profile, routinely attracting attention from the media and ultimately shining a spotlight on policing in the East Midlands region.
Forensic Services
Forensic Services
This team carries out crime scene investigations, and the subsequent range of forensic analysis and evidence handling required as part of the investigation process.
Legal Services
Legal Services
The team here supports all five forces in aspects relating to employment law, court and discipline, inquests and inquiries, civil litigation, commercial law and conveyancing.
Regional Review Unit
Regional Review Unit
This team undertakes independent reviews of serious and major crime inquiries, where appropriate, and tries to find new investigative opportunities in undetected ‘cold’ cases.
Investing in your development
We know that to protect and support our community effectively we need to keep up-to-date with new approaches, processes and technologies. This means that there will always be opportunities for training and professional development. We’ll continuously review your training needs and help succeed in your role. We’ll challenge you to work outside your comfort zone. And we’ll encourage you to grow.
As well as professional training and a range of in-house training opportunities, you can also look forward to plenty of personal support. This might be from your colleagues in the team, new opportunities that become available or through membership of one of our many staff associations.

Meet some of the team
Current opportunities
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