Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd was a British Labour politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 36 years,making him one of the longest-serving MPs in recent history. He served as MP for Stretford from 1983 to 1997,Manchester Central from 1997 to 2012,and represented Rochdale from 2017 until his death in 2024. He was Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017 and served as the interim Mayor of Greater Manchester in his last two years in the role.
Cheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Cheshire in North West England,comprising the unitary authorities of Cheshire East,Cheshire West and Chester,Borough of Halton and Borough of Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km2) with a population of approximately 1 million people.
Sir Hugh Stephen Roden Orde,is a retired British police officer who was the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO),representing the 44 police forces of England,Wales and Northern Ireland. Between 2002 and 2009,he was the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
Sir Cyril James Anderton was a British police officer who served as chief constable of Greater Manchester from 1976 to 1991.
The Association of Chief Police Officers of England,Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) was a not-for-profit private limited company that for many years led the development of policing practices in England,Wales,and Northern Ireland. Established in 1948,ACPO provided a forum for chief police officers to share ideas and coordinate their strategic operational responses,and advised government in matters such as terrorist attacks and civil emergencies. ACPO coordinated national police operations,major investigations,cross-border policing,and joint law enforcement. ACPO designated Senior Investigative Officers for major investigations and appointed officers to head ACPO units specialising in various areas of policing and crime reduction.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England.
Michael James Todd QPM was Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police from October 2002 until his death.
South Yorkshire Police (SYP) is the territorial police force responsible for policing South Yorkshire in England. The force is led by Chief Constable Lauren Poultney. Oversight is conducted by Mayor Oliver Coppard.
Sir Paul Robert Stephenson is a British retired police officer who was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2011.
Tarique Ghaffur is a former Ugandan-born British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. His last post was as Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations.
Timothy John Brain was the chief constable of Gloucestershire from 2001 to 1 January 2010. He was previously Deputy Chief Constable from 1998.
Meredydd John Hughes is a retired British police officer. He served as Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police from 1 September 2004 to 2011.
David Whatton QPM is a retired British senior police officer. He was the Chief Constable of Cheshire Constabulary in Cheshire,England. He has previously held chief police officer roles with the West Midlands Police and Greater Manchester Police.
Sir Kenneth Lloyd Jones is a British former police officer. He was a Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police in Australia,former President of Association of Chief Police Officers for England,Wales and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom and Senior Investigator of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong. Sir Ken Jones is a former President of Association of Chief Police Officers and presently defence &security advisor at the British Embassy in Washington DC. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2000 and was knighted for services to policing in 2009.
On 18 September 2012,two Greater Manchester Police officers,Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone,were killed by Dale Cregan in a gun and grenade ambush while responding to a report of a burglary in Tameside,Greater Manchester,England.
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.
Anthony Grainger was shot and killed by an armed Greater Manchester Police officer in Culcheth,Cheshire,England,on 3 March 2012. At the time,Grainger was unarmed.
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) is a national coordination body for law enforcement in the United Kingdom and the representative body for senior police officers in the United Kingdom. Established on 1 April 2015,it replaced the former Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO),following the Parker Review of the operations of ACPO.
Sir David Thompson is the former chief constable of West Midlands Police,England's second-largest and the United Kingdom's third-largest police force. He retired from the post on 5 December 2022,succeeded by Craig Guildford.
Ian Hopkins is a former senior British police officer. From October 2015 to December 2020,he was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police.
