Ronnie Lungu, 47, has 19 years' police service - but was previously a white-water rafting instructor.

CI Lungu joined the police in Wiltshire in 2003 before joining Avon and Somerset Police as an inspector in 2019.

He worked as a critical incident manager, leading a team of officers responding to emergencies across BANES and south Bristol.

Most recently, he has been on a secondment to the College of Policing, the national professional body for everyone working in policing.

CI Lungu has spent his policing career in uniformed roles in neighbourhood and response policing and says what attracted him to the job was the combination of public service and working with people.

Now as an area commander Ronnie is responsible for the neighbourhood officers who patrol from the newly refurbished Bath Police Station as well as bases in Keynsham and Radstock.

He said: "Community engagement, community work, that's what I'm passionate about. I'm very familiar with Bath but being new in this role I do want to hear about your concerns and priorities.

"I've been told already about some of the excellent work being done by officers and staff in the B&NES area focusing on priorities such as reducing anti-social behaviour, especially within the city centre, targeting perpetrators of violence against women and girls and making sure our night time economy areas are safer spaces for everyone.

"All our communities should feel their voices are being heard and have trust in us. I want people to feel confident in reporting crime and anti-social behaviour and in letting us know if they’re worried about someone's safety. We need that support and help from our communities to keep people safe.”