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HM Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services is Andy Cooke, former chief constable of Merseyside Police, [7] who was appointed in April 2022. [8] His predecessor was the lawyer and former rail regulator Tom Winsor, who took office on 1 October 2012 as the first chief inspector to be appointed from outside the police service. [9]
Since 1 April 2022, he has served as His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary and His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services. He had served as a police officer and detective with Merseyside Police and Lancashire Constabulary, rising to become Chief Constable of Merseyside Police from 2016 to 2021. [1] [2] [3]
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and HM Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (England and Wales) 1856: Andy Cooke [1] 1 April 2022 HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland: 1857 Gill Imery QPM: April 2018 HM Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales: 1907: Meilyr Rowlands [2] May 2015 HM Chief Inspector of Probation: 1936 ...
In 1997, he became a Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner and from 2000 until 2004 was appointed Chief Constable of Surrey Police. [4] From 2004, he was one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary, and became Acting Chief Inspector on 1 December 2008. On 28 March 2012 the Home Secretary announced Sir Denis would retire on 31 July ...
The chief inspector of constabulary said it was “plainly inadequate” for forces to hire officers through a purely online process. Police recruitment must be ‘far more rigorous ...
Then he was appointed Chief Constable of South Wales Constabulary from 1979 to 1983. Whereafter he became HM Inspector of Constabulary for Wales and the Midlands until 1990. [3] In 1990, he was appointed Chief Inspector of Constabulary, a post he held for three years, before retiring in 1993.
He was Chief Constable of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary from 1984 to 1989, [3] and President of ACPO from 1988 to 1989. He joined Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland in 1989 [4] and four years later became its head. Boyd died on 9 April 2024, at the age of 90. [5]
The Committee supported his appointment, and he was recommended formally to the Prime Minister and the Queen for appointment as HM Chief Inspector. Royal approval was given on 3 July 2012. [140] The Police Federation criticised his election as he was the first Chief Inspector of Constabulary to be appointed from outside the police service. [141]