Julie Spence

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Julie Spence, OBE QPM 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, [1] and made headline news over demanding fairer funding due to the rise in migration and immigration in Cambridgeshire. [2] [3]

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Spence is the former president of the British Association for Women in Policing and was the ACPO lead on citizen focus issues. In 2006 she won the Champion Award for her commitment and achievement in her role as a gender champion. She is currently the Chair of both Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and Police Mutual, [4] [5] and is currently serving as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire since her appointment in 2017. [6] As Lord-Lieutenant she leads the Lieutenancy of Cambridgeshire.

Policing career

In 1978, Spence joined Avon and Somerset Police and was posted to South Bristol. After a period of service, which included postings to CID, community policing, the force communications centre, the Family and Child Protection Unit, the Press Office and uniform patrol, she was seconded to the Association of Chief Police Officers secretariat in London for two years as a Temporary Chief Inspector.[ citation needed ]

On returning to Avon and Somerset Spence undertook a number of operational roles before being promoted to Superintendent and posted to North Bristol. She is an advocate of lifelong learning and during her career continued her personal development and consequently undertook part-time and distance learning degree courses in law, police studies and management. In 1999 she was appointed to Assistant Chief Constable for Thames Valley Police, where she held the Corporate Development portfolio. She took over the Territorial Policing portfolio in January 2003.[ citation needed ]

She was appointed to Deputy Chief Constable for Cambridgeshire Constabulary in April 2004 and was responsible for operational policing for the county. On 1 June 2005, Spence was appointed Acting Chief Constable and subsequently appointed Chief Constable on 10 December 2005. [7] She retired from the police force on 5 September 2010. [8]

She was appointed as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire on 4 April 2017. [6]

Charity work

Spence is currently an ambassador for the charity SkillForce, and a trustee of Ormiston Families, an East of England charity which endeavours to give young people a better chance in life. She is also the Cambridge branch chair of Wellbeing of Women, a charity which raises money to fund research into conditions which impact on the lives of women and babies.[ citation needed ]. In April 2018 she became the Patron of Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue (Registered Charity No. 111862).

Awards

Spence was appointed an OBE in the Queen's 2006 Birthday Honours for the following reasons:

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References

  1. ↑ "BAWP Profile of Julie Spence" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Batty, David; agencies (17 April 2008). "Police to get extra funding to help with immigration costs". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Police to get immigration funds aid". Express.co.uk. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Peck, Sally (21 September 2007). "Police chief warns of migrant crime impact". The Daily Telegraph . London, UK.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Police chief fears migrant impact". BBC News. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
  6. 1 2 "Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire: Julie Spence". gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "BAWP Profile of Julie Spence" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "Cambridgeshire police chief retires". BBC News Cambridgeshire. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "BAWP Profile of Julie Spence" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
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