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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.
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.
Whilst at Kent, he served under Chief Constables Sir Percy Sillitoe KBE, Major Sir John Ferguson and Colonel Geoffrey White. Sillitoe is notable for his service as Director General of MI5 from 1946 to 1953, and for introducing the advent of portable police radios, civilian police roles and the compulsory retirement rule after 30 years service.
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 December 2007, he was promoted to deputy chief constable. [4] From March until July 2010, he was serving as temporary chief constable of the force. [9] In January 2011, he left Kent Police to join the City of London Police as Commissioner. [5] In addition to leading the City's police, he was head of the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.
Constabulary may have several definitions: . A civil, non-paramilitary (police) force consisting of police officers called constables. This is the usual definition in the United Kingdom, in which all county police forces once bore the title (and some still do).
Michael Fuller QPM (born 1959), also known as Mike Fuller, is a former Chief Constable of Kent Police and Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service.He was the first (and so far only) ethnic minority chief constable in the United Kingdom and the first black officer of chief constable-equivalent rank.
Sir John David Phillips QPM (born 22 April 1944) is a retired British senior police officer.. Educated at Leigh Grammar School and Manchester University (whence he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree), Phillips joined the Lancashire Constabulary in 1963, serving until 1984, when he became the Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police.