Chief Constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police,as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces,the British Transport Police,Ministry of Defence Police,and Civil Nuclear Constabulary. The title is also held by the chief officers of the principal Crown Dependency police forces and the Sovereign Base Areas Police in Cyprus. The title was also held,ex officio,by the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers under the Police Reform Act 2002. It was also the title of the chief officer of the Royal Parks Constabulary until this agency was disbanded in 2004.
Avon and Somerset Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the five unitary authority areas of Bristol,Bath and North East Somerset,North Somerset,Somerset,and South Gloucestershire,all in South West England.
Warwickshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Warwickshire in England. It is the second smallest territorial police force in England and Wales after the City of London Police,with only 823 regular officers as of September 2017. The resident population of the force area is 554,002.
Gloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in South West England.
North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and the City of York in northern England. As of April 2024 the force had a strength of 1,665 police officers,127 special constables,192 PCSOs and 1,072 police staff. Of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales,the force has the 3rd largest geographic area of responsibility whilst being the 15th smallest force in terms of police officer numbers.
Wiltshire Police,formerly known as Wiltshire Constabulary,is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Wiltshire in South West England.
Julie Spence,is a retired British police officer and activist. She served as the Chief Constable for Cambridgeshire Constabulary from 10 December 2005 to 5 September 2010,and made headline news over demanding fairer funding due to the rise in migration and immigration in Cambridgeshire.
Martin Richards QPM is a British retired police officer,whose last post was as the Chief Constable of Sussex Police,a position in which he served from 1 October 2008 until his retirement from the Police service in 2014. He previously served as Chief Constable of the Wiltshire Police.
Andrew Christopher Hayman CBE QPM is a retired British police officer and author of The Terrorist Hunters. Hayman held the rank of Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations at London's Metropolitan Police,the highest-ranking officer responsible for counter-terrorism in the United Kingdom. Hayman was directly responsible for the investigation into the 7 July 2005 London bombings. He has also spoken for the Association of Chief Police Officers,first on drugs policy,and later on counter-terrorism.
Ian Oliver,was a British police officer,author,speaker and consultant for the United Nations. He served as Chief Constable of Scotland's Central and Grampian Police force. Since leaving the police,he has worked as a consultant and speaker on the issues of drugs,terrorism and trafficking. He was a board member of the International Scientific &Medical Advisory Forum on Drug Abuse,was appointed a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and was an elected Member of the Institute of Global Drug Policy. Oliver was the father of Craig Oliver,the Director of Politics and Communications for British prime minister David Cameron.
Susan Robertson,is a British independent politician. From November 2012 to May 2021,she served as the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner. She is the first person to hold the post and was first elected on 15 November 2012,having stood as an independent candidate.
The College of Policing is a professional body for the police in England and Wales. It was established in 2012 to take over a number of training and development roles that were the responsibility of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). The National Police Library was also transferred from the NPIA at that time. The college is an arm's length body of the Home Office. The college is based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore,Warwickshire.
Simon Byrne,is an English former senior police officer. He served as Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) from July 2019 until he resigned in September 2023. He was the Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police from 2009 to 2011 and the Assistant Commissioner for Territorial Policing in the Metropolitan Police Service from 2011 to 2014. He then served as Chief Constable of Cheshire Constabulary from 2014 to 2017.
Nicholas "Nick" Gargan is a former Chief Constable in England,who now runs his own consultancy company,Nick Gargan Consulting.
Sir Iain Thomas Livingstone,is a Scottish retired police officer who served as Chief Constable of Police Scotland. He was previously Deputy Chief Constable Designate of the force. He was named as the next Chief Constable on 15 August 2018 and took up office formally on 27 August 2018. He retired from Police Scotland in August 2023.
Paul Andrew Manning is a retired British police officer.
Mark Grosvenor McNeill Shelford is a British Conservative politician and former lieutenant colonel in the British Army,who served as the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 until 2024.
Robert John Beckley is a senior British police officer and the High Sheriff of Somerset. Since November 2016 he has been seconded as an Assistant Commissioner from the Metropolitan Police to the Home Office to head the Command Team of Operation Resolve,the investigation into the Hillsborough disaster. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2007. In March 2024 he was declared High Sheriff of Somerset.
Andrew James Cooke,is a British public servant and former police officer. Since 1 April 2022,he has served as His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary and His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire &Rescue Services. He had served as a police officer and detective with Merseyside Police and Lancashire Constabulary,rising to become Chief Constable of Merseyside Police from 2016 to 2021.
