ESSEX Police are offering people a chance to get to know their local community policing team.

Officers from the Halstead Police will be tucking in to a delicious coffee and cake at the Coffee Kavern in Halstead on March 8.

Members of the public are invited to join them for a coffee with the cops morning at 10am.

This will give locals a chance to get to know the officers in Halstead, ask them any questions and voice any concerns.

The coffee morning will run from 10am - 12pm at the Coffee Kavern on Bridge Street.