Denis O'Connor (police officer)

Sir Denis Francis O’Connor, CBE, QPM is currently Chief Inspector of Constabulary. He was appointed on 11 May 2009.

Career

His police career began in 1968 as a constable with the Metropolitan Police Service. He left in 1970 and rejoined as a graduate entrant in 1974. He was appointed as a Superintendent in Surrey Police in 1985. He returned in 1988 as a Chief Superintendent to the Metropolitan Police Service. He rose to the rank of commander in the MPS. In 1991, he was appointed as an Assistant Chief Constable with Surrey Police before transferring to Kent Police where he was appointed as Deputy Chief Constable between 1993 and 1997. In 1997, he became a Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner. He was appointed Chief Constable of Surrey Police from 2000 till 2004.

Since 2004, he has been one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary, becoming Acting Chief Inspector on 1 December 2008.^[1]

Reports

• Adapting to Protest published 7 July 2009. This report concerned the policing of the 2009 G-20 London summit protests.^[2]
• Stop the Rot, published 24 September 2010, that examined the effects of anti-social behaviour and the withdrawal of police street patrols.^[3][4] According to the Stop the Rot report, it confirmed the widely held belief by UK people, that the police had largely retreated from policing anti-social behaviour on the streets, by grading calls and not replying to incidents deemed to be below a specific grade of offense. The results was a rapid increase of yobbish behaviour in the last decade.^[5]

Awards

He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 1996. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002, and was knighted in the 2010 Birthday Honours.^[6]

Private life

He is married with three children.

References

1. ^ http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=396380&NewsAreaID=2
2. ^ Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O'Connor (7 July 2009). "Adapting to Protest". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. http://www.hmic.gov.uk/sitecollectiondocuments/ppr/ppr_20090706.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
3. ^ Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O'Connor (24 Sept 2010). "Stop The Rot". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. http://www.hmic.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Anti-social_behaviour_2010/ASB_SPE_20100923.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
4. ^ Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O'Connor (24 Sept 2010). "Anti Social Behaviour". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. http://www.hmic.gov.uk/Programmes/antisocialbehaviour/Pages/home.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
5. ^ Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O'Connor (23 Sept 2010). "Police retreat from the streets has nothing to do with money". The Telegraph. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/philipjohnston/100054981/police-retreat-from-the-streets-has-nothing-to-do-with-money/. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
6. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59446. p. 1. 12 June 2010.