Chief constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police,as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces,the British Transport Police,Ministry of Defence Police,and Civil Nuclear Constabulary. The title is also held by the chief officers of the principal Crown Dependency police forces,the Isle of Man Constabulary,States of Guernsey Police Service,and States of Jersey Police. The title was also held,ex officio,by the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers under the Police Reform Act 2002. It was also the title of the chief officer of the Royal Parks Constabulary until this agency was disbanded in 2004.
Sir Hugh Stephen Roden Orde,is a British police officer who was the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers,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).
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.
Sir Paul Robert Stephenson is a British retired police officer who was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2011.
Sir William Ian Ridley Johnston CBE QPM DL was the Chief Constable of British Transport Police. He became Chief Constable on 1 May 2001 when he succeeded David Williams QPM,who had served as Chief Constable for three and a half years.
Sir Joseph Simpson KBE QPM,commonly known as Joe Simpson to his officers,was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,the head of the London Metropolitan Police,from 1958 to 1968. He was the first Commissioner who began his police career as an ordinary constable.
Sir Stephen House is a Scottish police officer who is currently Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. After beginning his career at Sussex Police in 1981,House held positions in Northamptonshire Police and West Yorkshire Police,then became Assistant Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police in 1998. In 2001,he joined the Metropolitan Police as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner,remaining there until 2007,when he was appointed Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police. Following the establishment of Police Scotland in 2012,House was appointed the new force's first chief constable,but stood down in 2015 following a series of controversies. In 2018 House returned to the Metropolitan Police as an Assistant Commissioner,becoming Deputy Commissioner later that year. From April 2022,House will temporarily lead the Metropolitan Police until a successor to Cressida Dick is appointed.
Bernard Hogan-Howe,Baron Hogan-Howe,,is an English former police officer and was the head of London's Metropolitan Police as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2011 until 2017.
Sir Peter Martin Fahy is a retired senior British police officer. He was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP),the United Kingdom's third largest police force. He retired from the police force on 23 October 2015 after serving for 34 years.
Sir Kenneth Lloyd Jones QPM 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.
Andrew Christopher Hayman CBE QPM is a retired British police officer and author of The Terrorist Hunters. Hayman held the rank of Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations at London's Metropolitan Police,the highest-ranking officer responsible for counter-terrorism in the United Kingdom. Hayman was directly responsible for the investigation into the 7 July 2005 London bombings. He has also spoken for the Association of Chief Police Officers,first on drugs policy,and later on counter-terrorism.
Sir John Alfred Smith is a retired British police officer with the London Metropolitan Police.
William Taylor CBE QPM is a retired British police officer.
Sir Anthony Barnard is a retired British police officer. Barnard held the rank of Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations at London's Metropolitan Police,the highest-ranking officer responsible for counter-terrorism in the United Kingdom. He has spoken for the Association of Chief Police Officers,first on drugs policy,and later on counter-terrorism.
Timothy Stancliffe Hollis,CBE,QPM is a retired British police officer who was Chief Constable of Humberside Police and Vice-President of the Association of Chief Police Officers. Before joining the police,he served in the British Army as an officer of the Parachute Regiment.
Sir Mark Peter Rowley QPM is a British retired senior police officer. He was the Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations of the Metropolitan Police Service and the concurrent Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council Counter-Terrorism 2Coordination Committee and National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing. He was previously Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2009-2011),and also served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between February 2017 and April 2017. He retired from the police in March 2018.
Adrian Allen Leppard,is a retired senior British police officer and a former Commissioner of the City of London Police. He was previously Deputy Chief Constable of Kent Police and also served as a detective with Surrey Police.
Rose Mary Fitzpatrick is a retired British police officer.
Alan James Brown is a retired British police officer who spent his entire career with the Metropolitan Police in London.
Alfred Henry Hitchcock was a British police officer.
