Jacqueline ("Jacqui") Cheer QPM is a former senior police officer in the

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. She was the Chief Constable of

Cleveland Police Cleveland Police is the territorial police force responsible for the policing area corresponding to the former county of Cleveland in Northern England. As of September 2017, the force had 1,274 police officers, 278 police staff, 124 police com ...

until retiring from the Police Service in March 2016.

Education

Cheer studied at

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Early career

Cheer joined

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in 1984. In 2004 she attended a Strategic Command Course, and transferred to Suffolk Police as an Assistant Chief Constable in 2006. She was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable with Suffolk.

Career with Cleveland Police

Cheer was appointed Chief Constable of Cleveland Police on a permanent basis by the force's Police and Crime Commissioner, Barry Coppinger, in February 2013. She was appointed temporary chief in late 2011, following the suspension and subsequent sacking of her predecessor, Sean Price, and his deputy, Derek Bonnard. From January to March 2015, Cheer was seconded as an instructor to the London Police College.

Honors and awards

She was awarded the

Queen's Police Medal The King's Police Medal (KPM) is awarded to police in the United Kingdom for gallantry or distinguished service. It was also formerly awarded within the wider British Empire, including Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, most of whic ...

in the

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References

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