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Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary
Denis O’Connor QPM, CBE
Denis O’Connor is Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary. He was Chief Constable of Surrey between 2000- 2004 before joining the Inspectorate.
He began his career with the Metropolitan Police eventually becoming Assistant Chief Constable in Surrey in 1991. He was Deputy Chief of Kent and was appointed Assistant Commissioner in London in 1997, he led the MPS development strategy following the Stephen Lawrence Enquiry.
He was awarded the Queens Police Medal in 1996 and the CBE in 2002. He chaired the ACPO Performance Management Business Area before becoming Vice President of ACPO in 2003, and led the piloting of the National Reassurance Policing Programme – the pre cursor to Neighbourhood policing.
He reviewed the fitness of the current police force structure in 2005 producing a report ‘Closing the Gap’ which generated a great deal of debate. His team have provided support to the Olympic Programme, providing a report to initiate action in June 2007. He has undertaken reviews of police capability for Counter Terrorism in relation to Pursue and Prevent. Significant reviews include Serious and Organised Crime Capability “Getting Organised” October 2008, the Prevent component of Counter Terrorism, and Neighbourhood Policing.
Other significant analysis, commentary and review include the issues arising from the death of Baby P and the subsequent JAR, a review of the Lessons to be Learned from Stockwell and currently a review of the Policing of Public Protests in the context of G20.
