“But I hope there are elements of the work we do today that are in the same spirit of the work that was done in Henry Solomon’s days.
“Sussex Police are marking their 50th year and it is important we remember our history. It is also important that we listen to our communities and engage with them.”
Rabbi Hershel Radar recited a memorial prayer and read the Hebrew inscription on Mr Solomon’s headstone.
Fiona Sharpe, one of the ceremony organisers, said it was also important as recognition “of the role the Jewish community has played in civic life in Brighton for more than 200 years.
“To have the current Chief Constable of Sussex recognise the contribution Henry Solomon made to the city and acknowledge the ongoing positive relationship between the police and the Jewish community is a great honour.”
Mr Gould said afterwards that Mr Solomon represented “all that is good in the Jewish community in Brighton and Hove, and in the UK generally. He was an integral part of the local Jewish community, an elder, a trustee and the vice-president. But he was a man who, literally, gave his life to the community in general, with several public appointments culminating in that of Brighton’s first sole chief constable. He is the only Jew ever to have held such a position.”
