New DCC for Humberside Police

West Yorkshire officer who joined Humberside as an ACC last year gets promoted.

Following a competitive selection process, former Assistant Chief Constable Sarah Baker has been appointed and now taken up her position as Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) for Humberside Police.

DCC Baker joined the force in December last year from the National Police Air Service, where she was on secondment from her home force of West Yorkshire, where she started her 23 -year policing career.

She is an accredited Strategic Firearms Commander, as well as a gold Public Order Commander and a Gold Multi-Agency Incident Commander and has held various roles in her career from roads to neighborhood policing and CID to becoming a District Commander.

As DCC, taking the role from former DCC Dave Marshall who retired earlier this month, she will now be responsible for overseeing the management and operational leadership of the force, with specific portfolio responsibilities for Professional Standards, Corporate and Legal Services and Corporate Communications.

DCC Baker said: “I’ve always been happy and comfortable doing the operational side of policing, and loved being on the frontline, on the streets and helping people, but I’ve also got a strong interest in governance, accountability and performances, which effectively is strategic leadership and my role now.”