Ken Jones is addicted to coffee, loves fish and chips, worships his family and hates cynics who erode good in people.

Here, the new Chief Constable of Sussex tells us more about himself in a questionnaire we prepared earlier.

Q. Where were you born? A. Wales.

Q. First Job? A. Engineer (of the oily sort - implosion of the steel industry put an end to it).

Q. Biggest regret? A. Not applying myself at grammar school. Took me years to put that right.

Q. Biggest love? A. Easy - my wife and daughter.

Q. Biggest embarrassment? A. Watching myself on TV.

Q. What makes you angry? A. "Can't do" attitudes. The public service is needlessly defensive. I am proud to serve and proud to be able to tell people what Sussex Police CAN do. The public aren't mugs. They know we can't do everything they ask of us. They are entitled to the best we can do.

Q. What makes you sad? A. Sensing the pain and agony of others.

Q. What are your bad habits? A. Becoming so absorbed in the job (which I love) that I forget I have a family and home to go to!

Q. How do you relax? A. Reading, watching TV, exercising.

Q. What pets do you have? A. None at the moment but we have had the usual furry visitors over the years who have, on achieving their full span, been interred with great ceremony and tears in gardens in the North and South-West of England.

Q. Who is your hero and why? A. I have a number. All share common qualities - they have integrity, they inspire, they are unfailingly positive, they take responsibility, they hold to their principles when inconvenient and, through leadership, have improved lives of others.

Q. What is your biggest extravagance? A. I am addicted to exotic coffee. I buy all manner of paraphernalia and types of coffee beans. All right, I'm a caffeine addict - I can handle it!.

Q. What do you like and hate about this world? A. My youngster asks me why we are here. I say we are here to make other people's lives better. If we all did that - and some of us do try - then the world would be a better place to live in. Naturally, I dislike the sort of cynical people in this world who constantly erode the good which is in us all.

Q. How would you spend a million? A. I'll be spending almost £200 million in the coming financial year so it wouldn't be too difficult ... I'd probably invest some and spread the rest around the family.

Q. Favourite food? A. Fish and chips.

Q. Favourite drink? A. Coffee.

Q. What is your biggest achievement? A. Ask me in a few years!

Q. What would you like for an epitaph? A. That I did the best I could.