John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, KStJ, QPM, DL, FRSA (born 21 October 1942) is a former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police Service), having served from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Constable of Northumbria Police before being appointed one of HM Inspectors of Constabulary in September 1996. He was then appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Met in 1998 until his promotion to Commissioner in 2000. He was a writer for the News of the World, for £7,000 an article, until his resignation as the hacking scandal progressed.
The Right Honourable The Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2005 Life Peerage | |
| Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | |
| In office 1 January 2000 – 28 January 2005 | |
| Deputy | Sir Ian Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir Paul Condon |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ian Blair |
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| Born | John Arthur Stevens 21 October 1942 |
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| Profession | Police officer; head of the Metropolitan Police Service (2000–2005) |
He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
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