Senior management

Nick has more than 31 years' police service. He first joined Norfolk Constabulary in September 1992, where he gained experience first in uniformed roles such as patrol and custody, before periods in the control room, corporate support and neighbourhood policing. He has also spent time within investigations.

Promotion to Inspector saw Nick oversee rural policing across the Fenland area following a high profile event and this included working in one of the first cross border units alongside Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire police forces.

A spell in CID at Detective Inspector level within Norwich led to his promotion to Chief Inspector where Nick was responsible for the city centre neighbourhood sectors, custody, special constabulary and roads policing.

In 2004 Nick returned to the west of the county to take up a position as District Superintendent for Kings Lynn and Breckland. He remained there after a force restructure until he was transferred to Norwich as the District Commander. Prior to being promoted to Assistant Chief Constable, Nick was head of CID and then Chief Superintendent for the county’s local policing structure. 

He was appointed Temporary Assistant Chief Constable within Norfolk in June 2013 and was made substantive ACC in May 2016; he became temporary Deputy Chief Constable in October 2016. Nick was substantively promoted to DCC in February 2017.

He was appointed as the Chief Constable at Cambridgeshire Constabulary in September 2018.

In his role as Chief, Nick is the NPCC Lead for Charging under the Criminal Justice Coordination Committee and NPCC Lead for Forensics under the Crime Coordination Committee. Nick is also an assessor at the Senior Police Assessment Centre and one of the Co-directors.

In June 2024, Nick was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours and will be awarded a King’s Policing Medal (KPM). The KPM is awarded to members of the police service for distinguished service.

 

Vaughan joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary in May 2024 and was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable.  

Vaughan began his policing career with Kent Police in 1999 and has worked in a broad variety of operational and organisational roles at every rank.   

As an Inspector in 2006, he secured a secondment to local government, where he led the development of community safety partnerships and commissioning services. He returned to Kent in 2008 and performed several roles as a Chief Inspector, including human resources, corporate services, district command, and predominantly within tactical operations, as the head of planning, public order, and armed policing.

He was promoted to Superintendent in 2016 as the deputy divisional commander for north division, where he led the delivery of policing services across 4 diverse and challenging districts and unitary authority.

As a Chief Superintendent, Vaughan led Kent’s Criminal Justice directorate and Special Branch, and in 2020 he was appointed as the head of tactical operations and counter terrorism and borders policing. He then went on to undertake the role of T/ACC for central operations in 2022.

He is an experienced strategic firearms and public order gold commander and a multi-agency gold incident commander and oversaw the policing response to EU exit border disruption, and Covid 19.

As the Assistant Chief Constable for crime and vulnerability, Vaughan is responsible for Protecting Vulnerable People, Intelligence and Specialist Crime, Authorities and Standards, and Partnerships and Prevention.

On his appointment to Assistant Chief Constable, Vaughan said “I am extremely proud to have been selected to lead the crime and vulnerability portfolio in Cambridgeshire. I am looking forward to working together with the great people in the constabulary and our partners, to protect the vulnerable and relentlessly pursue those who would cause harm”.

Martin joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary as a Special Constable in 1993, before joining as a regular officer in August 1995. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable in 2024 following completion of the Executive Leadership Program.

Martin has spent many years working across the county in different roles, and for the last 15 years, specialising in criminal investigations and working extensively within the strategic alliance between Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. He was the Head of Major Crime, overseeing the investigation of the most complex and serious crime, including murder, stranger rape, kidnap and extortion, and he has led some of the most complex murder investigations in recent times in the force. Martin led the investigation into Joanne Dennehy, who killed three men in Peterborough in 2013, and attempted to murder 2 other men in Herefordshire – a spree of horrific crimes over 10 days.

Martin most recently led the transformation of the BCH Professional Standards Department between 2021 and 2023, investigating police officer misconduct.

As the ACC for Local Policing, Martin now commands the policing response within the Force Control Room managing 999 and 101 contact, Emergency Response and Neighbourhood Policing, Custody and Criminal Justice.

On his promotion to ACC, Martin said ‘Having dedicated over 30 years to policing the county, there is no greater privilege than to take command of the front-line response to criminality in my home county. Working together with the forces’ many partner agencies, I am committed to ensuring that my leadership ensures the safety of the public, with compassionate officers and staff, delivering the best service we can deliver when people really need the police’.

Martin has always prioritised the wellbeing of his staff and is the Chair of the National Police Chief’s Council (NPC) Wellbeing of Investigators subgroup – a partnership of policing colleagues, academics, and other sector representatives, using research and best practice to support investigator wellbeing across the UK .

Jon is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant (CPFA) having qualified for full membership of the Chartered Institute of Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) in 2004.

He joined the Constabulary in December 2019 as Chief Finance Officer and Director of Resources.

His portfolio includes Finance, Estates, Payroll, Insurance, Uniform Stores, Fleet and Procurement.

As the CFO and S151 Officer Jon has a key role for the Constabulary in the financial governance of the tri-force collaboration between Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire (BCH) and other areas of collaboration.

Jon brings 9 years of shared service experience to the Constabulary’s partnership arrangements.

Immediately prior to joining the Constabulary he had the role of Head of Integrated Finance Services leading a team of professional staff across multiple locations delivering finance services to a range of public sector bodies including County, Unitary and Districts Councils and a Fire Authority.

Jon joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary in 1999.

He worked in a number of Neighbourhood Policing and CID roles as a Constable and Sergeant. Upon his promotion to Detective Inspector he accredited as a PIP 3 Senior Investigating Officer (SIO). He was a Detective Chief Inspector for 6 years, where he performed the role of Head of CID at both Peterborough and Cambridge. He also spent time as Detective Chief Inspector in the Force’s Public Protection Department. He then spent 2 years as an SIO within the Major Crime Unit. 

On promotion to Superintendent in 2014 he was Head of Corporate Development before moving on to become Area Commander for the South of the County (a location with 550,000 residents covering nearly 1000 sq miles). He then took on the role of Head of Major Crime for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. 

Jon is an experienced Public Order/Public Safety Gold Commander, a Strategic Firearms Commander and PIP4 Strategic Investigator. Jon has a keen interest in Behavioural Science and has sat on the NPCC Behavioural Science Committee for a number of years.

 

Neil took up the position of Temporary Chief Superintendent for Local Policing in July 2024 and holds responsibility for the county-wide Response, Neighbourhoods and CID teams. He is also responsible for our Custody Suites, Criminal Justice, the Force Control Room and Operational Support.  

Neil joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary in early 2022, taking on the role of Area Commander for Peterborough and Fenland before moving to lead the Force Control Room.

Neil began his policing career in the Metropolitan Police Service in 2001 where he worked in a variety of roles including Response, Neighbourhoods, Roads Policing and Parliamentary Protection, before being posted as a Superintendent to Haringey and Enfield Boroughs. He is a nationally accredited Public Order Gold Commander and is the force lead for football.

Sarah has been head of corporate communications since July 2013, following two years as marketing manager for the Constabulary.

Sarah has worked for a number of public, private and third sector organisations during her career, although the majority of her time has been spent working in the police service - both locally and nationally.

Responsible for developing and delivering long term communication strategies for the force, in line with the organisation's aims and objectives, Sarah is the senior communications advisor to Chief Officers and the Force Executive Board. She is also responsible for ensuring the consistency in communications across a variety of channels to both internal and external audiences, through the communications team.

Sarah has a BA (Hons) in Journalism, is a qualified journalist, has a Chartered Institute of Public Relations diploma and a Chartered Management Institute diploma in management and leadership.

Sarah is a member of the Force Executive Board, is based at headquarters in Huntingdon and reports directly to Chief Constable Nick Dean.

Sarah said: 'The aim of the department is to effectively keep both internal colleagues and members of the public informed about the force.

'We seek to prevent crime and reassure the public through engaging with our communities and delivering regular awareness campaigns through the means of both traditional and social media.'

Rachel was appointed the Director of Human Resources (HR) for the collaborated Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire forces in April 2016. 

Previously, Rachel was the Director of HR for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies between 2010 and 2016. During her time with Norfolk and Suffolk, Rachel led the collaboration of the two HR departments as well as leading on harmonisation for pay and conditions whilst successfully completing the Strategic Command Course.

She was appointed Director of HR for Suffolk in March 2010 but took up the newly created joint role for the two forces in January 2011.

Her career in HR started in the Health Service, before spending 13 years at Nottingham City Council, working her way up through various HR management positions across a number of departments, including Social Services, Leisure and Community Services, City Treasurer’s Department and Corporate HR.

In 2006, Rachel joined Kettering Borough Council as their Head of HR, before relocating to Suffolk in 2010 to take up the role of Director of HR with the County’s Police Force.

John joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary from the Metropolitan Police in 2020 becoming Head of our Protecting Vulnerable People Department.

In 2022 John was promoted to Head of Crime and Vulnerability and has strategic lead for the following areas:

• Protecting Vulnerable People
• Serious and Organised Crime
• Intelligence and Covert policing

John brings a breadth of investigative and leadership experience from Special Branch, Counter Terrorism and Specialist and Economic Crime. He has worked within numerous terrorism, espionage and corruption investigations in the UK and overseas including Afghanistan. He was also Deputy SIO within the phone hacking investigation (Operation Weeting) and led murder investigations in the Met’s Homicide Command for over 4 years.

Passionate about harnessing evidence-based research to deliver crime reduction and safeguarding initiatives in Cambs, John designed our VAWG strategy and established our Vulnerability Focus Desks and new Child Exploitation Hub. He is currently a PIP 3 Senior Investigator and Strategic Firearms Commander.

John holds Masters’ Degrees in History and Criminology from Oxford and Cambridge Universities and in 2019 published research on forecasting and preventing knife crime; this was presented at a Home Affairs Select Committee.

“It’s a privilege to be part of this leadership team and my aim is to continue to listen, learn and improve how we protect our community”

Chief Superintendent Rebecca Tipping joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary in 1991. She is currently head of the force ‘People and Professionalism’ Department focused on the organisational priority of ‘People’ which includes strategic responsibility for Ethics, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and Continuous Professional Development of all staff.

Becky has over 30 years policing experience predominantly as a detective. She has spent time in every rank and has a depth and breadth of experience in a number of business areas: volume and serious crime, professional standards, anti-corruption investigations, serious organised crime, intelligence, crime business, creation and implementation of business change programmes and international workings.

Becky is an accredited PIP 3 Serious Organised Crime SIO and has led several high-profile complex and serious organised crime operations.

Ian has served with Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the wider tri-force collaboration across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire for over 30 years. He is the Detective Chief Superintendent - head of the BCH Major Crime Unit with oversight of all homicide, crime in action and other high risk major crime investigations.

Accrediting as a PIP3 Senior Investigating Officer in 2007 and more recently as a PIP4 in 2021, Ian has undertaken a wide variety of investigative roles across covert, intelligence, crime management and serious/major crime policing throughout his career. Ian is operationally accredited and regularly deployed as a Strategic Investigator, Strategic Firearms Commander and Senior Identification Manager for Disaster Victim Identification incidents.

Ian has a Master’s degree in Crime Science from University College London.