John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
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John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, QPM, DL, FRSA (born 21 October 1942) was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police Service) from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Constable of Northumbria Police.
He was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, the University of Leicester where he took an LL.B and the University of Southampton, where he did his MPhil. Before becoming Chief Constable of Northumbria, he served as Assistant Chief Constable of the Hampshire Constabulary (1986-88) and Deputy Chief Constable of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary (1988-91).
He presided over an external police inquiry into allegations in Northern Ireland of collusion between the British Army, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and loyalist terrorists in the murders of Irish nationalists. Stevens's third report, published on 17 April 2003, upheld the claim and explicitly said that collusion leading to the murder of nationalists (and some unionists wrongly thought to be Catholic or nationalist) had taken place. In the aftermath of his shock report, David Trimble, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, called for a parliamentary inquiry into the collusion, while the leaders of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Féin called for a full public inquiry.
After his retirement as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, on 6 April 2005 he was created a life peer as Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, of Kirkwhelpington in the County of Northumberland.
Among at least four remunerated company directorships held by him are non-executive directorships of the financial services company Invicta Capital and of Mercer Street Consulting. Stevens also writes for the News of the World newspaper. Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington was appointed Chancellor of Northumbria University on 28 November 2005.
He is currently heading a Metropolitan Police inquiry, Operation Paget, into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed which has yet to report its findings.
It was announced on October 2, 2006, that Lord Stevens' inquiry into football corruption has been extended by two months to investigate 39 transfers involving eight clubs.
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| Police Appointments | ||
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| Preceded by: Sir Paul Condon |
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 2000–2005 |
Succeeded by: Sir Ian Blair |
| Academic Offices | ||
| Preceded by: The Lord Glenamara |
Chancellor of Northumbria University 2005–Present |
Succeeded by: (current incumbent) |
Categories: 1942 births | Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis | Life peers | British Chief Constables | Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts | Knights Bachelor | Alumni of the University of Leicester | Alumni of the University of Southampton | People associated with Northumbria University | Living people
