Lucy joined Essex Police in 2001. Over the next two decades, she gained a wealth of experience and knowledge which saw her promoted to the role of Assistant Chief Constable in 2024.

Lucy has spent much of her policing career in Detective roles. This included working in general investigative roles as well as more specialist areas, including a stint as a Detective Sergeant in Intelligence and Counter Terrorism across the Eastern region.

Lucy returned to Essex as a Detective Inspector in 2008 and worked within our Major Crime team. She investigated the most serious and complex crimes in Essex.

After spending a year as a staff officer, where she supported the then Chief Constable, Lucy returned to the Major Crime team. As a Detective Chief Inspector and a Senior Investigating officer, she led on many homicide investigations.

In 2014, following a promotion to Detective Superintendent, Lucy joined our Crime and Public Protection team. This department investigates crimes involving our most vulnerable victims and some of our most dangerous offenders. She led on improving how Essex Police deal with these crimes, its offenders and the victims involved.

In 2017 Lucy had twin boys and took the opportunity to have a career break, and went to live in France.

Returning to Essex Police in 2020, Lucy oversaw Major, Economic and Cyber Crime in Essex. She also led work on how Essex Police would prevent homicides in the county.

Two years later, Lucy became the Detective Chief Superintendent for the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate. Within this role, Lucy developed the idea of rapid debriefs following an incident involving serious violence. This was to identify intervention opportunities and prevent further violence from happening. This is now considered national best practice and is an essential part of our homicide prevention response.

Lucy was appointed Assistant Chief Constable in June 2024. She has returned to our Crime and Public Protection department, but this time in the top role. She also has responsibility for our Criminal Justice department. This includes the custody process and the administration, preparation, and processing of prosecution files.

As a busy working mum, Lucy is keen to support other parents with their policing careers. This includes improvement around flexible working. She continues to champion police staff, and in particular police staff investigators as strategic leaders. She also continues to utilise her qualifications to support serious crime investigations.