Matt Jukes | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations Metropolitan Police Service | |
| Assumed office September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Neil Basu |
| Assistant Commissioner Met Transformation Programme Metropolitan Police Service | |
| In office November 2020 –September 2021 | |
| Chief Constable South Wales Police | |
| In office January 2018 –November 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Matthew Jonathan Jukes |
| Profession | Police officer |
Matthew Jonathan Jukes QPM is a senior British police officer who is currently (since September,2021) serving as an Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations within the Metropolitan Police Service. [1] He previously served as Chief Constable of South Wales Police. [2]
He graduated with a BA in Mathematics from St Peter's College,Oxford in 1995,and shortly afterwards joined South Yorkshire Police as a PC. [3] He worked as a detective and in other roles from 1997 to 2006,including representing UK policing at G8 meetings and time with the precursor of the National Counter Terrorism Policing Network,and was also praised for his conduct during the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. [4] [5]
He first moved to South Wales Police in 2010 as an Assistant Chief Constable,rising to become its Chief Constable in January 2018,also being awarded a Queen's Police Medal in the New Year Honours that year. Jukes was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Cardiff University for achieving international distinction. [6] In November 2020 he moved to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) as an Assistant Commissioner,succeeding Mark Simmons and initially with a remit for the MPS's transformation programme. [7]
| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
 | Queen's Police Medal (QPM) |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal |
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 | King Charles III Coronation Medal |
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 | Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal | |
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