Introducing CPS Thames and Chiltern

Welcome to the website of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Thames and Chiltern.

Our aim is to be a service that is confident and independent, efficient and effective, becoming truly world class.  Everything that we do aims to deliver justice for all and make our communities safer.

CPS Thames and Chiltern covers Thames Valley, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, in common with our partner agencies within the Local Criminal Justice Board.

The group is divided into CPS Thames Valley, CPS Bedfordshire and CPS Hertfordshire, each with its own Chief Crown Prosecutor.

The aim of this website is to make the criminal justice system more open and accessible to the people it serves and I hope it provides you with the information you want about our work.

Baljit Ubhey
Chair, CPS Thames and Chiltern

Staff

Across the CPS Thames & Chiltern Group there are 412 CPS staff, comprising both legal and administrative grades (232 in Thames Valley, 68 in Beds, 112 in Herts).

Key personnel

• Baljit Ubhey is the Group Chair and Karen Sawitzki is the Senior Area Business Manager for the Thames and Chiltern Group.
• The CPS Thames Valley Chief Crown Prosecutor is Baljit Ubhey, and the Senior Area Business Manager is Karen Sawitzki
• The CPS Bedfordshire Chief Crown Prosecutor is Richard Newcombe and the Area Business Manager is Timothy Riley
• The CPS Hertfordshire Chief Crown Prosecutor is David Robinson and the Area Business Manager is Rob Milligan.

Number of police Basic Command Units in Thames and Chiltern Group

• Thames Valley 5 - Oxford, Reading, Slough, Aylesbury, Milton Keynes
• Bedfordshire 2 - Bedfordshire and Luton
• Hertfordshire 3 - Central, Eastern and Western

Police Headquarters in Thames and Chiltern Group

• Thames Valley - Kidlington
• Hertfordshire - Welwyn Garden City
• Bedfordshire - Kempston.

Thames and Chiltern Group magistrates' courts

• Thames Valley - Slough, Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury, Didcot, Banbury, Oxford City, Aylesbury, Wycombe, Milton Keynes
• Hertfordshire - Stevenage, Hertford, St Albans, Watford and Hemel Hempstead
• Bedfordshire - Bedford and Luton

Thames and Chiltern Group Crown Courts

• Thames Valley - Reading, Oxford and Aylesbury
• Hertfordshire - St Albans
• Bedfordshire - Luton