Bernard Hogan-Howe
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Bernard Hogan-Howe is a British police officer. He is the current Chief Constable of Merseyside Police.[1]
Before joining Merseyside, Hogan-Howe worked as District Commander of the Doncaster west area, serving with South Yorkshire Police. In 1997, he joined Merseyside Police as Assistant Chief Constable of Community Affairs, moving onto area operations in 1999. Hogan-Howe then joined the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner of Human Resources, in July 2001.[2] He was appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside Police on 25 September 2004.
Hogan-Howe has called for a "total war on crime"[1] and has argued that the Health and Safety case which was successfully brought against the Metropolitan Police after the de Menezes shooting has restricted the police in their work.[3] He has also called for a review of the decision to downgrade cannabis from a class B to a class C drug.[4]
Hogan-Howe was born in Sheffield. He has an MA in Law from Oxford University, a diploma in applied criminology and an MBA from Sheffield University.
He is a Board Member of The Mersey Partnership.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 'Evict gun thugs' families' call (HTML). BBC News. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ MPA appoints two Assistant Commissioners: DAC Tarique Ghaffur and ACC Bernard Hogan-Howe (HTML). Metropolitan Police Authority website. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ No more brave policemen (HTML). Times online. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ Cannabis is wrecking lives, says public school head (HTML). The Independent. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
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| Preceded by Norman Bettison |
Chief Constable of Merseyside Police 2004 – |
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