Rose Fitzpatrick | |
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| 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]