Alexander John Marshall

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QPM (born 7 December 1961) is a retired senior British

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who was the

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of the

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from 2013 to 2017. Prior to this role, he was Chief Constable of

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from 2008 to 2013. In September 2017, Marshall retired from policing to work for the

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(ICC), as general manager of its Anti-Corruption Unit. Marshall is currently the General Manager of the ICC Integrity Unit which includes, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Doping, Security and Safeguarding.

Early life and education

Marshall studied at

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and the Institute of Criminology,

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. He became a Cropwood Fellow in 1999. He obtained a master's degree in criminology at the University of Cambridge in 2006.

Police career

Marshall started his career in 1980 with the

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and worked mainly in South London, including South West Area Territorial Support Group (TSG) and as an Inspector in Lambeth. Marshall was a Detective Chief Inspector in the Metropolitan Police, Anti-Corruption Command. In 2000 he transferred on promotion to

Cambridgeshire Constabulary Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the local territorial police force that covers the county of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough unitary authority. It provides law enforcement and security for an area of and population of 856,000 people, in a pred ...

. During this time he also worked as a consultant for the Home Office on bureaucracy in frontline policing. In 2004 he joined the Chief Constable's team in

Thames Valley Police Thames Valley Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Thames Valley, covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. It the largest non-metropolitan police force in England and Wales, covering a ...

and was appointed Chief Constable in

in 2008. In 2013 Marshall became the inaugural CEO and Chief Constable of the College of Policing; the professional body and standard setting organisation for policing in England and Wales. Marshall retired from UK policing in 2017.

Honours

Marshall received the

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in the Queen's 2009 Birthday Honours. Marshall received the

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in the Queen's 2018 Birthday Honours.

References

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