ACC Becky Riggs took up her new role in Staffordshire this week. She is one of two new ACCs to be joining Staffordshire over the coming months. 

Her new post will see her focus on investigations and operations across the force. 

ACC Riggs has previously been a Detective Chief Superintendent, the head of Action Fraud and National Fraud Investigation Bureau (NFIB) at City of London Police.

She has 29 years of policing experience – and began her career with Dorset as a police cadet. 

In 2013, ACC Riggs moved to Hampshire Police as a Detective Chief Inspector and was the force lead for child abuse and child sexual exploitation.

She later became the head of serious and complex crime and was also the regional lead for family liaison.

In 2016, ACC Riggs moved to the Metropolitan Police and as a Superintendent she ran operations for the borough of Lambeth. She later moved to counter terrorism and was the senior investigating officer for the first London Bridge Attack in 2017 until the 2019 inquests.

Meanwhile ACC Stuart Ellison will also be joining the force next month – he will have a focus on local policing. 

His policing career began in 1994 with GMP. He later joined Merseyside where he stayed for 16 years serving in uniform, the criminal investigations department and the public order unit. 

ACC Stuart Ellison

In 2010 he returned to GMP, becoming Chief Superintendent in 2013 where he took on the role of head of the operational communications branch. 

Staffordshire Police’s Chief Constable, Chris Noble, said: “Becky’s focus on investigations and operations, alongside Stuart’s role in overseeing local policing, reiterates our commitment to the priorities outlined in our new local policing plan which was introduced in the summer of 2022.

“Their appointments will also help us as an organisation to address some of the areas of concern, highlighted by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), particularly in relation to ensuring we carry out effective investigations, give victims the support they need and highlight vulnerability at the first point of contact.”