Billericay Police Station was built in 1938.  It pre-dates the New Town but is one of the younger buildings in Billericay.  An Inspector based there in 1976 was a few days away from retiring when he was called to a burglary.  The car he was in was hit whilst travelling to the burglary (which was a false alarm).  The Inspector rescued the officer driving the car before collapsing.  He later died in hospital.
 
Since then, the Inspector has been blamed for any odd occurrences in the Police Station.  A Police Community Support Officer was sitting alone in the station waiting for a lift when a stapler went flying past her.  The PCSO fled to the safety of the car park and refused to return to the building.

​

More recently two members of staff were talking in a kitchen when a mug was pushed off a table and smashed on the floor.  A few weeks later a cleaner was disturbed by someone moving things in a room, but no one was in there.  A few days later a member of staff was greeted with ‘good morning’ as he walked into an empty room.  This was repeated several months later, but this time the voice appeared to be that of a child.

​

The same person that was politely greeted later saw a tall male figure in a white shirt and black trousers, in one of the old cells that had been converted into a kitchen.  

​

A colleague saw a figure in the corridor that ran along the old cell block.  One evening, whilst working along, he also heard someone moving cutlery in a kitchen.
 

A former officer, that visited Billericay at night, remembers hearing doors slamming though they were alone.

​

Another member of support staff heard doors open and close, as well as whistling.

​

Yet another witness was working in the station one weekend.  A manager asked if she’d like a cup of tea, which was welcomed.

“I then followed what I thought was him down to the kitchen to find he wasn't there, and he had gone back down the other way. So who did I follow cos we were the only ones in?”

​

The same staff member couldn’t look into one of the old cells. They felt comfortable when working in the cells, but one made them feel uncomfortable.  “It just freaked me out, the others didn't just that one.”