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The States of Jersey Police serves a resident population of just over 103,000 people as well as over 700,000 visitors to Jersey each year. 


At face value, the challenges involved in policing Jersey may seem to equate to policing a small town in the United Kingdom. But Jersey’s status as a Crown Dependency with its own government and legislation create a distinct policing environment:


  • The main difference is that the States of Jersey Police must be largely self-sufficient in developing and maintaining services that are provided through a local, regional and national level police service infrastructure in the United Kingdom


  • The States of Jersey Police provide a range of functions that would normally be delivered by other service providers in the United Kingdom. For example, we play an enhanced role in supporting the administrative requirements of the criminal justice process, provide a vetting and barring service, manage the town CCTV system and maintain Jersey's central firearms register


  • We must also police Jersey's ports. Jersey Airport serves about 30 destinations and handles around 1.5 million passengers a year. Another 500,000 travel through Jersey's sea ports


  • Jersey’s role as an international finance centre means that we have a key responsibility to work with local, national and international partners to combat money laundering and terrorist funding.


The States of Jersey Police currently operates with a funded establishment of more than 200 police officers and more than 100 police staff. The high ratio of police officers to police staff reflects a practical need to maintain operational resilience. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive and is accessible and inclusive to all, free from sexism, misogyny, and racism.


Many officers are trained in specialist skills over and above those needed for their normal duties, so that they can be called upon at any time to perform specialist roles. These might include firearms, search, surveillance, siege negotiation, collision investigation, public order, CBRN response and family or sexual offence liaison. 


A large investment in training is needed to keep officers at the required level of expertise.

 

Chief Officer - Robin Smith

Robin Smith was appointed Chief in 2019 and has overall responsibility for the States of Jersey Police. His priorities are tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, protecting the public from harm, apprehending criminals, providing a visible and efficient policing service, and supporting SoJP’s committed workforce.


Robin was formerly Temporary Deputy Chief Constable in both Sussex and Surrey Police and has 30 years’ experience with over half of that time in senior leadership positions, including Head of Operations (Surrey and Sussex), Head of the Southeast Regional Organised Crime Unit, Head of Crime, Public Protection & Safeguarding, corporate development, corporate communications, Counter Terrorism policing and Divisional Commander at Gatwick Airport.


Prior to his appointment Robin was Assistant Chief Constable with British Transport Police (BTP) responsible for Territorial Policing covering England, Scotland and Wales.


He has experience in major incident emergency response and crisis management and was Gold Commander for the Croydon Tram Crash (2016), Manchester Arena terrorist attack (BTP) (2017), London Bridge terrorist attack (BTP) (2017), Jersey – Pier Road Explosion (2022).


Formerly he was National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for, Neighbourhood Policing, Response Policing and Police Neighbourhood Support officers, metal theft, Crimestoppers, and SE of England Regional Lead for the Special Constabulary.


He graduated from the Police Senior Command Course 2013 and is an assessor for the Senior Police National Assessment Centre (SPNAC).


He is a former Director and Trustee for The Gurney Fund for Police Orphans and is currently a School Governor for Les Quennevais School, Jersey.




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