Ian Hopkins

For the Scottish comedy writer, see Ian Donald Cochrane Hopkins.

Clearly we would always look to save money without job cuts, but the reality is 83% of our budget is people and after eight years of efficiencies across all parts of the organisation – which has seen us make reductions of £183m – there would be little alternative but to cut posts, both officers and staff. (...) This would just get worse as we would have to further prioritise against threat, harm and risk, screen out more and more crime. Essentially we would just have to focus on providing a response function, a serious and organised crime capability and a custody function as the core capabilities of policing. ^[3]

End of Police career

Mr Hopkins retired in 2020

Honours

Hopkins was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for distinguished service in the 2016 Birthday Honours. ^[4]

Ian Hopkins QPM
Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police
In office October 2015 –December 2020

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Queen's Police Medal (QPM)	2016 Birthday Honours.
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal	2002 UK Version of this Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012 UK Version of this Medal
	Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

References

1. "Chief Constable Ian Hopkins". Greater Manchester Police. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
2. Scheerhout, John (17 September 2015). "Ian Hopkins named new chief constable of Greater Manchester Police". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
3. Police chiefs warn of fewer officers after Treasury shrinks budgets further The Guardian
4. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B35.

Police appointments
Preceded by Simon Byrne	Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police 2011 to 2015	Succeeded by Ian Pilling
Preceded by Sir Peter Fahy	Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police 2015 to 2020	Succeeded by Stephen Watson