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Paul Condon joined the police in 1967. He became Chief Constable of Kent in 1989 and Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1993 at the age of 45, the youngest person to do so, stepping down in 2000. [1] His tenure as head of the Metropolitan Police Service was marked by the Stephen Lawrence case, which became a major controversy.
Once again he returned to Harlow as Chief Superintendent 2000 and then later as Temporary Assistant Chief Constable (Crime). [ citation needed ] In May 2005 his 28-year career in Essex ended and he returned to his birth country of Scotland as he was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable at Strathclyde Police .
In Arizona, a constable is an elected peace officer of the county for the justice precinct and must live in the precinct to which they are elected. The constable serves a four-year term and has similar powers, duties and authority as the sheriff. Sheriffs and constables are the only two elected peace officers in the State of Arizona.
H. M. A. Warde (Henry Murray Ashley Warde, 1850–1940), British Army officer and Chief Constable of Kent; See also. Henry Ward (disambiguation)
The Kentucky Constable Association is suing the Kentucky Legislature after state lawmakers passed a bill that the constables worry will diminish their powers.
He stayed for less than a year [16] before being appointed Chief Constable of Kent in July 1946. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1948 Queen's Birthday Honours [17] and was knighted in the 1953 Coronation Honours. [18] [19] On 1 July 1955 he was appointed Officer of the Order of St John. [20]
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff). [1] Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now obsolete, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial.
Kent Police was the first force in the United Kingdom to be led by a black chief constable, Michael Fuller, [citation needed] who held the role from 2004 to 2010. After 1940, Kent Police HQ was situated at Sutton Road, Maidstone. [6] but announced in 2020 that the HQ was no longer providing value for money and would be sold.