Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand has announced his recommended candidate for the appointment of Chief of Police, to replace David Warcup on his departure in December.
Mr Mike Bowron is currently the Commissioner for the City of London Police. The recommendation will have to be voted on by the States Assembly. If passed Mr Bowron would take on the post on 4th January 2011.
Since being appointed Commissioner in 2006, Mr Bowron has overseen a 40% fall in crime and led a restructure of the force. He was Head of Operations for the City’s response to the Aldgate underground station following the 7/7 bombings and he was awarded the Queen’s Policing Medal in 2007.
In June, Mr Bowron launched the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and he is currently the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead on economic crime and business continuity
The Minister for Home Affairs said: “I am delighted to present the States with a very strong candidate for this important post. Mr Bowron is an experienced and dynamic officer. The future holds both opportunities and challenges for the States of Jersey Police Force and I am confident that he is well equipped to meet these.”
Mr Bowron joined Sussex Police 1980 and served in a range of uniform roles up to Chief Superintendent level. In 1995 he completed the Strategic Command Course and was appointed as Kent’s Assistant Chief Constable (Operations) in 1997. In 2002 he became Assistant Commissioner for the City of London Police and introduced ‘Project Griffin’ which was designed to engage the private sector in the defence against terrorism.
Mr Mike Bowron is currently the Commissioner for the City of London Police. The recommendation will have to be voted on by the States Assembly. If passed Mr Bowron would take on the post on 4th January 2011.
Since being appointed Commissioner in 2006, Mr Bowron has overseen a 40% fall in crime and led a restructure of the force. He was Head of Operations for the City’s response to the Aldgate underground station following the 7/7 bombings and he was awarded the Queen’s Policing Medal in 2007.
In June, Mr Bowron launched the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and he is currently the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead on economic crime and business continuity
The Minister for Home Affairs said: “I am delighted to present the States with a very strong candidate for this important post. Mr Bowron is an experienced and dynamic officer. The future holds both opportunities and challenges for the States of Jersey Police Force and I am confident that he is well equipped to meet these.”
Mr Bowron joined Sussex Police 1980 and served in a range of uniform roles up to Chief Superintendent level. In 1995 he completed the Strategic Command Course and was appointed as Kent’s Assistant Chief Constable (Operations) in 1997. In 2002 he became Assistant Commissioner for the City of London Police and introduced ‘Project Griffin’ which was designed to engage the private sector in the defence against terrorism.
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A great scoop for VFC. Glad to see this blog is back online. Keep up the good work, Ian.
ReplyDeleteYes anon, VFC were spot on, as per usual.
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS Voiceforchildren spot on with your info ''get with the programme, JEP'' I will admit to being concerned with the process for this appointment. Warning to Mr. Bowron. You could be the perfect person today look out tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteIt made me laugh when they say if States give approval. I am pretty sure he is signed sealed and delivered.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure what sort of challenge Jersey is to Mr Bowron, but I know that if I was head of a large corporation with approx 12m customers I would not be thinking, I know I'll go for a real challenge now, I'll work for a diddy little corp with 100k customers, unless of course someone was stupid enough to offer to pay me more than I am getting now!!!
ReplyDeleteChallenges:
No 1. deal with political interference
No 2. sort out the ridiculous situation where I would have to ask a Contestable person permission to arrest someone
No 3. vigorously investigate corruption, even if it means getting under the skin of a few politicians
No 4. ....... there must be some, surely list
I think any potential new Police Chief would have to be an idiot, a masochist, or corrupt to come over here now!
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