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April 16, 2009
ACPO appoints next President
ACPO has today announced the appointment of Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, as its next President.
Sir Ken Jones, current ACPO President said:
“I am delighted to announce that Sir Hugh Orde has been elected as the next ACPO President. Chief officers were presented with three outstanding candidates, each with their own strengths. Sir Hugh brings a wealth of experience and leadership to ACPO at what is likely to be a very difficult and challenging time for the Service.
“Increasingly the Service and its leadership are being drawn into political controversies and it will fall to Sir Hugh to steer us on a sure path through the forthcoming period, both up to and beyond the next general election.”
Sir Hugh Orde said:
“To have been elected as the next President of ACPO is a great honour. I believe that UK policing is strongest when it is professional, operationally independent, and based on trust and accountability. Above all, our decisions should be tested against the reason for which we all joined policing; the protection of the public.”
Sir Hugh will take over as President at a date to be confirmed. The full-time Presidency runs for a period of four years, with a requirement to seek a refreshed mandate at two years. The Presidency is decided by a ballot of ACPO members. The statutory basis for this appointment is contained within section 96 of the Police Reform Act 2002, which states that the ACPO President shall continue to hold the office of constable; and hold that office at the rank of Chief Constable.
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Notes for Editors
NOTES FOR EDITORS:
• The ACPO Press Office can be contacted via 020 7084 8946/47/48 (office hours) or via 07803 903686 (out of office hours).
• The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is an independent, professionally led strategic body. In the public interest and, in equal and active partnership with Government and the Association of Police Authorities, ACPO leads and co-ordinates the direction and development of the police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In times of national need ACPO, on behalf of all chief officers, coordinates the strategic policing response.
• ACPO’s 341 members are police officers of Assistant Chief Constable rank (Commanders in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police) and above, and senior police staff managers, in the 44 forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and other forces such as British Transport Police and States of Jersey Police.
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