Roger Charles Hirst (born July 1960) is an English politician, the current Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex, representing the

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. He was

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to the post on 5 May 2016, succeeding the previous incumbent,

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. He was re-elected in 2021. Mr Hirst was a Cabinet Member for

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, and Deputy Leader of

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("BBC"), until he stood down to focus on the PCC campaign. He was first elected as a BBC councillor for the ward of Hutton South in an 2009 by election.

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