Commissioner Angela McLaren’s appointment was announced in July 2021 by the City of London Corporation and she took up the role on 3 January 2022. She succeeds Commissioner Ian Dyson QPM, who has retired after a 38-year career in policing and carried out the role of Commissioner from January 2016.… City of London Police has three new senior officers in its command team to start the year including a new commissioner. ...
Police and Crime Commissioner Steve Turner reopened applications for Cleveland’s next chief last week, with candidates having until 12 January to apply. The efforts to replace the previous chief constable Richard Lewis after his move to Dyfed Powys have struggled against the back drop of PCC Turner being investigated by… Deputy Chief Constable Helen McMillan has been announced as the Acting Chief Constable for Cleveland Police after an unsuccessful round of applications to head up the troubled force....
Last Friday (12 November) the new recruits were sworn in at a passing out parade in Hendon, attended by Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The Commissioner previously announced her ambition that from April 2022, 50 per cent of new police recruits are women, and 40 per… The Metropolitan Police welcomed 318 new PCs and 39 detective constables last week....
Problems at Cleveland are continuing to mount after a panel was unable to find someone capable of being its new Chief Constable. The force and its Police and Crime Commissioner will now make temporary arrangements to replace Richard Lewis who is moving back to Dyfed Powys as chief. After two… Cleveland admits 'setback' in Chief Constable search after failing to find suitable candidates, despite offering a 'golden hello' deal....
Paul Sanford has been announced as the preferred candidate to lead the force by Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk Giles Orpen-Smellie. CC Sanford has been the Temporary Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary since Simon Bailey retired from the force at the end of June. The decision brings to an… Norfolk has confirmed its temporary Chief as the force’s new leader....
GMP Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain MBE has been announced as North Yorkshire's new Deputy Chief Constable. He will be leaving the force that he joined in October 2018 to replace current Deputy Chief Constable Phil Cain, who has served with North Yorkshire for over 20 years. He will be… Mabs Hussain is returning to Yorkshire to be deputy chief constable ...
Sarah Crew is the force’s first female chief and brings the UK tally of women chief constables to 16. She joined Avon and Somerset in 1994 and was Deputy Chief Constable from 2017 before becoming the Temporary Chief Constable this year. The announcement follows a two day selection process by… Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Mark Shelford has announced that Sarah Crew is his preferred candidate to be the next Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police....
The government and Chief Constables will be told in January that hoping degree students will opt to go straight into investigator roles will not be enough to fill the 5,000 vacancies across the country. The Police Foundation’s strategic review of policing, which is set to be published in the New… Forces should consider paying detectives more in a bid to reduce the shortage of investigators, according to the police think tank....
Getting equal Catholic and Protestant numbers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland could take another decade, the force has warned. And Deputy Chief Constable Mark Hamilton added that its role in investigating killings committed during The Troubles could be a hurdle to more Catholics joining the force. He said:… The PSNI’s role in investigating historic crimes may be a barrier to Catholic recruitment, according to one of its senior officers....
Fitness, age, height and disabilities are common issues that concern people considering a career as an officer, the force said, so the campaign will feature case studies of successful new recruits who previously thought it would hold them back. PC Megan Gwynne, who passed out in the summer, was diagnosed… Cambridgeshire Constabulary is launching a new campaign to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions around what it takes to become a police officer....