K P MEMORY BOX

A Special Group

K P Memory Box is a place for the Kent Police family to reminisce about their time involved with Kent County Constabulary, later known as Kent Police. The principle behind this site it to record the history of the Force, to record events, and to jog memories of the good and the bad times of being a police officer and/or a member of the police family.
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A MESSAGE ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

Welcome to the K P Memory Box. We are gathering together a collection of history of the Constabulary, details of colleagues and family members, including photographs, records and memoirs which would otherwise be lost through the passage of time.
Our focus is always giving back to the policing family, and we’re constantly looking for new and meaningful ways to do so. Take a moment to explore our website to learn more about us.

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Keith Biddle OBE

Introduction

by Keith Biddle OBE, ACC Kent County Constabulary 1987 - 1994

Viewing this website, it is most likely you are doing so as a member of the Kent Police Family. Policing is unique in the bond it builds between colleagues, due to the nature of the work undertaken and the premise of colleagues looking after each other.

During your time serving the public, you will have experienced many things which many would not have dreamed possible. The nature of “the job” builds many memories, many good and some which you might rather forget. The Police Family has always been there to support you through both the good and the bad times.

This website has no official links to Kent Police, it has been built and presented by three of our retired colleagues as a place where those memories made whilst serving the public can be shared. The website is also a showcase for the history of Kent Police and memories of those who proudly make up the Kent Police Family.

It is an excellent place to reminisce, share photographs and to preserve our police heritage for years to come.

I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiments behind the development of the website and encourage members of the Kent Police Family to share in the experience.

Keith Biddle joined the police service in Manchester in 1962. In the 1980s, he served as a Detective Chief Superintendent in the UK’s second largest police force later becoming an Assistant Chief Constable in Kent. He progressed to serve in the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner, as assistant to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, focusing on counter-terrorism issues and assistance to overseas police institutions. In 1994, he led an EU mission to South Africa to oversee the policing of the first truly democratic elections. After retiring from the police service in late 1994, he became a consultant adviser on policing issues to the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). From 1998-2003, he served as Inspector General of Police for Sierra Leone. In 2007-2008, he was part of the United Nations Development Programme as Somalia’s senior law enforcement adviser on reactivating policing in Somalia, Puntland, and Somaliland. In 2001, Her Majesty the Queen appointed him as an officer in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to Sierra Leone.