Police Scotland chief Sir Iain Livingstone to retire this summer

Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone has announced he is stepping down after nearly six years in the top job. Sir Iain told a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority on Thursday: “I have decided to retire from the office of chief constable later this year. I will retire from policing in… Announcing his decision the chief constable described policing as 'relentless' but said the force had a stable new leadership team in place ...

Lynne Owens confirmed as Met Deputy Commissioner

Lynne Owens’ appointment was confirmed by King Charles III following a recommendation by the Home Secretary and support from the Mayor’s ofice for Policing and Crime. She has been interim Deputy Commissioner since September 2022 when she returned to the Met after Sir Mark Rowley was appointed Commissioner.  Her permanent… Dame Lynne Owens had been in the role on an interim basis since last September ...

Police Scotland Chief Superintendent to move to Humberside

Police Scotland Chief Superintendent Thom McLoughlin is set to move to Humberside to take up the role of Assistant Chief Constable. Thom McLoughlin has been a police officer for more than 28 years and has worked at a number of forces across the UK. He has also worked as an… Thom McLoughlin will take up the role of Assistant Chief Constable. ...

New DCC confirmed for Bedfordshire

A former Eastern Region Special Operations Unit ACC will move permanently to Bedfordshire to take up the role of Deputy Chief Constable. Dan Vajzovic has held the role on a temporary basis since September. He had been ERSOU ACC since 2019 and has held that rank leading the Joint Protective… Dan Vajzovic will fill the role that has been vacated by now Chief Constable Trevor Rodenhurst. ...

GMP ACC set to move to West Mids

GMP ACC Scott Green has been appointed as the new West Midlands Deputy Chief Constable. He will take over from the current DCC, Vanessa Jardine, who is moving to Northumbria to become Chief Constable. ACC Green started his career in South Yorkshire – initially serving in Sheffield. He served in… ACC Scott Green will be taking up the position of West Midlands Deputy Chief Constable...

NCA staff to ‘withdraw goodwill’ over delays to 2022 pay rise

For the first time since it was established NCA staff will withdraw ‘goodwill working’ from January 30 in protest at the Home Office’s refusal to implement a pay award for 2022 which was recommended by the agency’s independent pay review body last year but has been delayed because the Treasury… Union says agency will struggle to function given its reliance on officers working unpaid hours ...

Two new ACCs for Police Scotland

Police Scotland has appointed two new ACCs for their leadership team.  Already a Chief Superintendent within the force, David Duncan has served in a range of local policing, detective and support roles since joining Strathclyde Police in 1995.  Meanwhile, Chief Superintenent Wendy Middleton will be moving over from PSNI where… A PSNI Chief Superintendent and a Police Scotland Chief Superintendent will join the force’s leadership team. ...

EMSOU deputy the preferred candidate for temporary chief

The current Regional Deputy Chief Constable for the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) has been named as the preferred candidate to temporarily take over Nick Adderley's role as Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police. Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) Stephen Mold described PCC Paul Gibson as a "highly… Subject to a confirmation hearing, DCC Paul Gibson of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit will replace Northamptonshire Chief Nick Adderley from February 27 until the beginning of April....

Two new ACCs for Staffordshire

ACC Becky Riggs took up her new role in Staffordshire this week. She is one of two new ACCs to be joining Staffordshire over the coming months.  Her new post will see her focus on investigations and operations across the force.  ACC Riggs has previously been a Detective Chief Superintendent,… Two new ACCs will be joining the ranks in Staffordshire over the next couple of months. ...

Interview: the final class of 2022

Richard Baker was a West Midlands chief superintendent with 27 years service when he was encouraged by his chief constable Sir David Thompson to apply for the Strategic Command Course (SCC)  –  the last one to be held in its current format. He says at that stage in his career… Police Oracle speaks to an officer who attended the final Strategic Command Course last year as the College of Policing moves to a new senior leadership selection system ...