Tarique Ghaffur
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Tarique Ghaffur CBE QPM (pronounced /təˈriːk ɡæˈfʊər/)[1] is a high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. He is currently Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations.
Born in Uganda to Pakistani parents in 1958, Ghaffur and his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1972 after President Idi Amin forcibly expelled most of the country's minority South Asian population.
Two years later, in 1974, Ghaffur joined the newly-formed Greater Manchester Police, where he worked in uniform and as a CID detective. Being one of only two police officers from an ethnic background out of a force of over 6,000, Ghaffur recalled that the desk sergeant on his first day with the police refused him admission to the station as he did not believe he was a police officer.[2]
Ghaffur rose consistently through the ranks at the GMP, reaching the rank of Superintendent and transferring to Leicestershire Constabulary in 1989. He was appointed Assistant Chief Constable in Lancashire Constabulary. After reaching the rank of Deputy Chief Constable at Lancashire, he transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service in 1999 as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner and in 2000 served as Borough Commander of the City of Westminster.
In 2001, he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner, and since then has headed three of the Metropolitan Police's Operational Command Units: the Directorate of Performance, Review and Standards in 2001; the Specialist Crime Directorate from November 2002; and Central Operations from 2006.
As the UK's highest-ranking Asian Muslim police officer, he often comments on racism in the police service, and has spoken out on discrimination against Muslims as a factor in radical Islam.[3]
[edit] Education
Studied at Manchester Metropolitan University and graduated BA (Hons) in Public Administration and MA in Criminology.
[edit] Awards
Ghaffur was awarded a QPM (Queen's Police Medal) in 2001 for Services to Policing and, in July 2004, he was also awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for Services to Policing in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Tarique Ghaffur was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from Manchester Metropolitan University on July 16, 2007 in recognition of his exceptional services in the police force in areas as diverse as child protection, corruption, and anti-terrorism, and for the positive example he has set in all communities but particularly in some of the most challenging and disenfranchised communities.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, Central Operations, Metropolitan Police Service
- Manchester Metropolitan University's Honorands
| Police appointments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Michael J. Todd |
Metropolitan Police Service Assistant Commissioner (Policy, Review and Standards) 2001–2002 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by First incumbent |
Metropolitan Police Service Assistant Commissioner (Specialist Crime) 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by Stephen House |
| Preceded by Stephen House |
Metropolitan Police Service Assistant Commissioner (Central Operations) 2006– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
