Leighton has 20 years of experience in policing, he has held senior roles in Essex Police, leading the force response to Missing People, Gangs and County Lines. Leighton has also worked collaboratively across Essex and Kent Police, delivering Intelligence led policing against Serious Organised Crime, here he worked with many other agencies at a strategic level to bring about a whole systems approach, looking at sustained solutions around crime prevention.
Leighton now works as the Essex Police lead for Strategic Partnerships and Prevention, he is really passionate about organisations working together to bring about sustained positive change for the people we serve, he is excited about being part of the Hertfordshire and West Essex ICP and looks forward to exploring ways in which we can take a preventive approach by tackling the ‘upstream’ environmental, social and economic factors, to lessen the ‘downstream’ consequences on our communities.
Leighton has always worked on the principle that if we put the public at the heart of everything we do, we work with pride and are tenacious, pushing that bit harder to solve problems, then we will succeed.
Leighton is married and has two young boys who keep him very busy.