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Joanna Farrell (born September 1968 [1]) is a British police officer, and current Chief Constable of Police Scotland. On 14 June 2023, it was announced that she had been appointed as Police Scotland's first female Chief Constable. She replaced Sir Iain Livingstone, who retired in August 2023. [2]
[15] [16] Many chief constables saw the role of women as 'Clerks and Chauffeurs' and thought women could possibly be employed as special constables. [17] The chief constable of Wolverhampton wrote an article in Police Review and Parade Ground Gossip in which he listed a range of duties women could undertake within the Force. [18]
[3] [2] There she was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable, then in March 2019 to Deputy Chief Constable, in which role she led the initial response to the Essex lorry deaths that October. [3] [4] The West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner announced on 30 June that she was his preferred candidate as the next Chief Constable of West Mercia ...
In 2021, Poultney was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable and she was appointed Chief Constable in June 2021, [2] suceeding Stephen Watson (who went onto to lead Greater Manchester Police). Poultney is the first woman to hold the position. [3]
Dame Lynne Gillian Owens, DCB, CBE, QPM, DL (born 29 January 1969) is a senior police officer in the United Kingdom. She was made interim Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in September 2022 [1] before being confirmed as that role's permanent holder in February 2023, [2] the first-ever such female holder (Helen Ball previously held it on an acting basis in 2021–2022).
This made her the first female to reach chief officer rank in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. [8] [5] On 1 June 2009, she was promoted to deputy chief constable, becoming the second most senior police officer in Northern Ireland. [7] [9] She served as acting chief constable from August 2009 to September 2009. [10]
Barbara Ann Gray LVO QPM is a senior police officer in the United Kingdom. Serving with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) from 1989 onwards, she transferred to the Metropolitan Police in April 2021 as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner to fill a post left vacant by Lucy D'Orsi's appointment as Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, [1] [2] with her promotion to Assistant ...
Lucy Clare D'Orsi, CVO, QPM (née Copson; born December 1969) is a British police officer.Since March 2021, she has served as chief constable of British Transport Police.She was deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service, with responsibility for the Protection Command.