Rose Fitzpatrick

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Rose Fitzpatrick
CBE QPM
Deputy Chief Constable Territorial Policing, Police Scotland
In office
2012–2018
Personal details
Born
Rose Mary Fitzpatrick

c. 1960
London, England

Rose Mary Fitzpatrick CBE QPM (born c. 1960) is a retired British police officer.

Fitzpatrick was born in London and began her career in the City. [1] In 1987, at the age of 27, she joined the City of London Police as a constable [2] and rose through the uniformed ranks to the rank of chief inspector. [2] In 1993, she served as an exchange officer with Suffolk Constabulary, [3] and in 1995 she was attached as a staff officer to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary. [2] [3]

In 1998, she transferred to the Metropolitan Police as a superintendent in charge of operational policing in Whitechapel, [3] and the following year took responsibility for operational policing in the whole of Tower Hamlets. [3] [1] [2] In February 2000, she was promoted to chief superintendent and took over as borough commander of Tower Hamlets. [3] [4] [2] She was promoted to commander in November 2002 [3] and headed a team working with the Home Office and Department for Constitutional Affairs to implement police and criminal justice reform, including the introduction of safer neighbourhood teams. [2] She then took command of operational policing in North West London. [2]

She was promoted to deputy assistant commissioner in August 2005 as head of the new Diversity and Citizen Focus Command. [2] She served as DAC Territorial Policing and in 2009 was temporary Assistant Commissioner Territorial Policing. She then became DAC Corporate Development before retiring in 2012, [5] but four weeks later joined the new Police Scotland in 2012 as deputy chief constable in charge of territorial policing. [1] [6]

Fitzpatrick was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2007 New Year Honours [7] and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to law and order. [8]

She retired from Police Scotland in June 2018 [9] and was appointed to chair the Scottish Government's new National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group. [10] There was controversy when it emerged that the Scottish Police Authority had paid her a total of £67,000 in relocation expenses and footed a £53,000 tax bill during her service. [11] [12]

Fitzpatrick's husband is Scottish. They have two daughters. [1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 We are the 51
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "MPA appoints new Deputy Assistant Commissioner to the Metropolitan Police Service", Metropolitan Police Authority, 8 August 2005
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MPA appiints new commanders to Metropolitan Police", 15 November 2002
  4. ↑ "Security profile spring 2017: DCC Rose Fitzpatrick, Police Scotland", City Security, 2017
  5. ↑ "Moving along: Top women exit 'male dominated' Met", The Times, 27 July 2012
  6. ↑ "Police Scotland's four new Deputy Chief Constables", The Edinburgh Reporter, 4 December 2012
  7. ↑ "No. 58196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1996. p. 26.
  8. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2017. p. B8.
  9. ↑ "Police Scotland deputy chief constable set to retire", STV News, 27 February 2018
  10. ↑ "60 second interview with Rose Fitzpatrick", Safer Communities Scotland, 13 February 2019
  11. ↑ "Former police chief hit by expenses row given new Government role", The Herald, 10 August 2018
  12. ↑ "Police chief asked for expenses 'in cash'", BBC News, 16 March 2018
Police appointments
Preceded by
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 Borough Commander, Tower Hamlets, Metropolitan Police
2000–2002		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
First incumbent
 Deputy Assistant Commissioner Diversity and Citizen Focus, Metropolitan Police
2005–?		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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 Deputy Assistant Commissioner Territorial Policing, Metropolitan Police
?–?		Succeeded by
Unknown
Preceded by Assistant Commissioner Territorial Policing, Metropolitan Police
Temporary
2009		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Unknown
 Deputy Assistant Commissioner Corporate Development, Metropolitan Police
?–2012		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
First incumbent
 Deputy Chief Constable Territorial Policing, Police Scotland
2012–2018		Succeeded by
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