Inspector Graham Sutherland of Abingdon police is leaving to take up a new position as head of the Thames Valley Police Strategic Planning Department.

He will coordinate every aspect of the annual police plan at the Force headquarters in Kidlington.

Insp Sutherland has spent almost ten years at Abingdon, initially as a sergeant and, more recently, as an inspector responsible for the Abingdon police sector.

He said: "I will be sad to leave."

His successor at Abingdon is yet to be announced.