Paul Condon, Baron Condon
Paul Condon, Baron Condon, DL, FRSA, QPM ( born March 10, 1947) is a British police officer. He was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London from 1993 to 2000.
Life and career
Condon learned law at St. Peter's College, Oxford, and in 1996 was made an honorary member. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Institute of Management. He was the Queen's Police Medal in 1989 awarded for outstanding services and in 1994 he was knighted.
He joined in 1967 the police. In 1988 he was appointed Chief Constable of Kent and in 1993 the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. He was 45 years, the youngest, who has made it. In 2000, he resigned. His term as head of the Metropolitan Police Service was marked by the Stephen Lawrence case, which caused a great deal of controversy. He sits as a cross Bencher in the House of Lords. He is currently vice chairman of the board of G4S, a company that is trying to take over many functions of the police in the UK.
Condon is married and has three children and four grandchildren. He lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.