Chorley Police's southern divison has a new detective chief inspector. DCI Martin Kay has 23 years service and joined Lancashire Constabulary in 1983 as a police constable in Blackburn.
DCI Kay worked in eastern division in uniform and detective roles at both constable and sergeant level for around 14 years .
He then worked at police headquarters in Hutton within the serious and organised crime unit.
He was promoted to Preston where he worked in the intelligence unit as a detective inspector with additional responsibility for the investigation and detection of serious crime prior to joining southern division on promotion last week.
DCI Kay said:" I am thrilled to be working in southern division, which is a new area and provides a new challenge for me.
" I am looking forward to getting to know local people and working with fellow officers to continue to provide a first class service to the local community."
He will be responsible for the divisional reduction and detection of crime and responsibility for CID, the intelligence unit, target teams, the operations department, including road policing, the Tower Project as well as the Multi-Agency Problem Solving teams.
DCI Kay was born and brought up in South Ribble.
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