Essex Police Weekly Update - Issue #34

Criminals go to great lengths to use fake profiles in an attempt to build seemingly genuine relationships, before appealing to your compassionate side to ask for money.

Your friend or family member may be involved in a romance scam if they express very strong emotions and commitment to someone they have only just met. Another sign may be if they have sent, or are planning to send, money to someone they have not met face-to-face.

If you think someone you know has fallen for a romance scam they should contact their bank immediately and report it.

For more advice on protecting yourself, your family and friends from becoming a victim of fraud, visit our website.

Environmental Officer £29,793 to £31,725

Firearms Enquiry Officer £21,135 to £23,406

Quality of Service Officer £19,452 to £20,706

Commercial Services Senior Category Manager £41,226 to £51,303

Senior Project Manager £43,860 to £47,058

Digital Records Officer £23,817 to £26,016

Information Officer £23,817 to £26,016

Press and PR Officer £34,758 to £37,281

Resolution Centre Investigator £21,385 to £23,406

Contact Handler £19,702 to £20,199

Contract 1: Mon-Fri 9am-2pm (25 hours per week) £13,227

Contract 2: Mon-Fri 2pm-8pm (30 hours per week) £15,756

Contract 3: Mon-Fri 4pm-10pm (30 hours per week) £16,103

Contract 4: Sat and Sun 1pm-9pm (14.8 hours per week) £12,136

Visit our website for full details, job descriptions and links to apply online.

This week we will remember Felix Pauley, Walter Reeve and Herbert Guiver.

Police Constable Walter Reeve served with Essex County Constabulary from 22 September 1890 and started life as a gamekeeper at Foxhall near Woodbridge in Suffolk. His first posting after joining as a constable was to Southend and after moves all over the county, he settled in Coggeshall with his wife and seven children. Shortly before 6pm one winter evening, Walter Reeve left his house on duty to walk into Kelvedon to serve some notices and make a point. He should have been home by midnight, and when he failed to return the alarm was raised. His body was later found in full uniform in the River Blackwater at Little Coggeshall, near a point where there were no guard rails. There were no signs of violence, and the coroner recorded an open verdict.

Police Constable Felix Owen Warboys Pauley served with Essex County Constabulary from 26 April 1937. After posting to Romford and on mobile patrols at HQ and Clacton, he joined the R.A.F. on 29 September 1941. He was killed on an air operations on Wednesday 16 February 1944 which serving as Air Bomber with 106 Squadron. His Lancaster crashed on the way back from an operation in Berlin. Four crew, including Felix, died in the crash.

Herbert Guiver served with Essex County Constabulary from 8 October 1906 and moved to Southend Borough Constabulary on 1 April 1914. Four months later, with the outbreak of war, he was recalled to the Colours and assigned to the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment. After many battles in France, his division withdrew to move north to Flanders. Herbert was killed when a shell exploded in his trench on 17 February 1916.

Read more about Herbert and other Essex officers on the Essex Police Memorial Trust website.

The Chief Constable regrets to inform you of the sad death of our former colleague Richard Soward who retired as a Sergeant in 1998 and served with the Southend Borough, Rayleigh and Westcliff.

Visit our obituaries page for more information.