Alan Brown (police officer)

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Alan James Brown QPM is a retired British police officer who spent his entire career with the Metropolitan Police in London.

Brown joined the Metropolitan Police as a cadet in 1974. [1] [2] [3] He was promoted to sergeant four years later [3] and spent most of his career as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Department, rising through every rank to detective superintendent, with a year's stint as a uniformed inspector. [3] He was promoted to chief superintendent in 1997 and became commander of the Brompton Division (Kensington and Chelsea). [2] [3]

Promoted to commander in November 1999, [3] Brown headed the Serious and Organised Crime Group, including the Flying Squad, [4] [5] Operation Trident and SO19. [2] [3] He was promoted to deputy assistant commissioner on 9 June 2003 [2] and appointed DAC Specialist Projects as deputy to the Assistant Commissioner Specialist Crime. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2004 New Year Honours. [6] From 2004, Brown headed Operation Paget, the Metropolitan Police investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. [7] [8] [9] [10]

On 26 January 2005, Brown was promoted to assistant commissioner [3] and appointed Assistant Commissioner Service Improvement, a post he held until his retirement in 2006 and which included heading professional standards. He was duty assistant commissioner supervising policing across London on the day that Jean Charles de Menezes was shot. [11] He continued to supervise Operation Paget until his departure from the Metropolitan Police. [1]

Brown chaired the National Firearms Forensic Intelligence Database Working Group and was the Association of Chief Police Officers lead on hostage negotiation, being acknowledged as the national expert on the investigation of kidnap cases. [2]

Following his retirement, Brown became group security director with Tesco in October 2006. [1] [12] [13]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "Diana inquiry cop quits", The Mirror, 2 July 2006
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "MPA appoints new Deputy Assistant Commissioners to the Metropolitan Police Service", Metropolitan Police Authority, 11 June 2003
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "MPA welcomes Met's new Deputy Commissioner and appoints three new Assistant Commissioners", Metropolitan Police Authority, 26 January 2005
  4. ↑ "More muggers turning to guns", The Times, 3 January 2002
  5. ↑ "Muggers fill the terror gap", The Times, 7 January 2002
  6. ↑ "No. 57155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2003. p. 26.
  7. ↑ "Prince set for police interview over Diana", The Times, 8 January 2004
  8. ↑ "MI5, MI6 and Prince Charles face questioning", The Times, 10 January 2004
  9. ↑ "Police expect full public inquiry on Diana", The Times, 12 January 2004
  10. ↑ "Met chief rules out nothing on visit to scene of Diana crash", The Times, 27 April 2004
  11. ↑ "Yard chief cuts holiday to receive summons on de Menezes", The Times, 17 July 2006
  12. ↑ "Check out your local bobby at the new Tesco copshops", Evening Standard, 20 October 2009
  13. ↑ "Tesco Call", Professional Security Magazine", 1 November 2007
Police appointments
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 Deputy Assistant Commissioner Specialist Projects, Metropolitan Police
2003–2005		Succeeded by
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 Assistant Commissioner Service Improvement, Metropolitan Police
2005–2006		Succeeded by
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