John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of QPM DL FRSA Kirkwhelpington KStJ ( born October 21, 1942) was from 2000 to 2005 Commissioner ( of Police ) of the Metropolitan Police Service.
Police career
Stevens went to the St. Lawrence College in Ramsgate and studied at the University of Leicester, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and the University of Southampton, where he graduated with a Master of Philosophy. He was from 1986 to 1988 Assistant Chief Constable of Hampshire and 1988-1998 Deputy Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire. From 1991 to 1996 he was Chief Constable of Northumbria Police and was appointed HM Inspector of Constabulary in 1996. In 1998 he became deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. He also wrote for the News of the World. Stevens ended the collaboration, as the News International scandal escalated.
On New Year's Day 2000, he was knighted and appointed in 2001 as Deputy Lieutenant of London. In 2002, the Order of Saint John, he was awarded, and he became Freeman of the City of London.
He headed a commission of inquiry into allegations of collusion between the British Army, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Ulster Loyalists in Northern Ireland. His third report, which he signed on 17 April 2003 showed clearly that this claim was right and said explicitly that this collusion to the death of several nationalists and unionists have also conducted. Following this examination report called David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, a parliamentary investigation, while the leader of the Social Democrats, Labour and Sinn Fein called for a public inquiry.
After the police
After retiring from the police force, he was raised on 6 April 2005 as Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington for Life Peer.
He began an investigation of the Metropolitan Police, Operation Paget for investigation into the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Al -Fayed.
The Conservative Party under David Cameron asked him if he wanted to compete for them as a candidate for the post of Mayor of London, but he declined the offer.
On 29 June 2007 Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed him his chief adviser on international security issues. David Cameron appointed him as Chairman of the Borders Policing Committee, which should promote a reorganization of the border being.
Lord Stevens is executive chairman of Monitor Quest a London consulting firm to educate and Risikomonimierung. He sits further in a number of corporate boards.
In addition to his activities in the economy, Lord Stevens has been involved in a number of public and charities. He is patron of the UK Defence Forum and the Security Institute. He has held over the years his duties as patron of several charities, including North East charity, schools and care centers for the disabled builds, and Convoy, who cares for Romanian orphans. He got it from the Romanian president to be awarded the Star of Romania.
In April 2007, Lord Stevens Air Commodore was the honorary No. 3 ( Royal Auxiliary ) Squadron Air Force Police. He is also a Honorary Colonel of Northumbria Army Cadet Force.
On 28 November 2005 he was appointed chancellor of Northumbria University. He has honorary doctorates from several universities and is a visiting professor at the City University of New York.