Kent Police — Leadership
The Police and Crime Commissioner responsible for the oversight of Kent Police, with published priorities and contact details.
Chief officer team
- Tim Smith — Chief Constable
- Peter Ayling — Deputy Chief Constable
As published by Kent Police. Source · 2026-08-07.
Police and Crime Commissioner
Matthew Scott
Kent PCC
Elected 2021 · Term ends 2025
Matthew Scott is the Police and Crime Commissioner for the county of Kent, first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2021 and 2024.
Police and Crime Plan 2025
Plan period: 2025
Kent's Police and Crime Plan 2025 is built around four pillars — Protecting People, Protecting Places, Protecting Property and Productive Partnerships — under which the Commissioner sets specific priorities including rape and serious sexual offences, domestic abuse, violence against women and girls, serious violence and antisocial behaviour.
Strategic priorities
- 1Protecting People
- 2Protecting Places
- 3Protecting Property
- 4Productive Partnerships
Source: Police and Crime Plan 2025 — Kent PCC. Summarised from the published plan; see the source for the full document.
For the full police-and-crime plan, the commissioner's blog, complaints data, and how to participate in scrutiny meetings, visit the commissioner's website directly.
Visit Kent PCCSource: Kent PCC · Fetched 2026-06-30.