Kent Police ACC joins HMICFRS as new Assistant Inspector of Constabulary
Kent Police Assistant Chief Constable Nicola Faulconbridge has joined His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) on a 12-month secondment as an assistant inspector.
HMICFRS said she will provide additional support to policing inspection teams in the northern region.
Ms Faulconbridge has worked for Kent Police for more 21 years in a wide variety of roles across the force. She is a strategic firearms commander and has held the position of assistant chief constable since 2018, most recently for central operations, including firearms, roads policing and public order.
She said: “I am proud to be joining HMICFRS on secondment as Assistant Inspector of Constabulary.
“I look forward to working with His Majesty’s Inspectors to help further improve public safety within policing.”
Mr Faulconbridge began her posting on Monday (October 17).
She took up the position of assistant chief constable for central operations on January 24 his year. In this role she is also chair of the Kent Resilience Forum, working with partner agencies across Kent and Medway.
She previously worked as temporary assistant chief constable for local policing from November 2018 and was temporary assistant chief constable for central operations from October 11, 2019, before securing the role permanently following her completion of the Strategic Command Course in December 2021.
Ms Faulconbridge joined Kent Police in December 2000 from the Ambulance Service and was initially posted to West Division where she worked in uniform before joining CID and gaining her detective accreditation. During her career she has worked in various detective and uniform roles on both West and North Divisions as well as in the force control room.
Ms Faulconbridge has been a firearms commander since 2007 and holds the Specialist SFC accreditation enabling her to command high threat and serious crime related firearms incidents; she is also a Gold public order commander for the force.
She completed a BSc in Applied Criminal Investigation while completing her detective accreditation and went on to complete a master’s degree in International Criminal Justice with the University of Portsmouth.
She is also chair of the Kent Police Recreation Association, a position she has now held for five years.