Commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

John Gilbert Dickie Grieve

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QPM (born 1946) is a British retired

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and

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who is a member of the

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that monitors the

Northern Ireland peace process The Northern Ireland peace process includes the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and subsequent political developm ...

. He was named Commander of

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(CBE) in 1999 as part of the Millennium Honours list. Grieve became a police officer in 1966, when he joined the

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. His assignments included work as a detective in South London, as a senior investigator, and Divisional Commander at

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in the

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. He was the first Director of Intelligence for the Metropolitan Police. In 1997 he was awarded the

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(QPM). He served as Director of the Racial and Violent Crime Task Force from 1998 until his retirement in 2002.Professor Emeritus John Grieve CBE, QPM, BA(Hons), MPhil
London Metropolitan University website, accessed September 12, 2010 He holds an Honours Degree in Philosophy from

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and a master's degree from

Cranfield University , mottoeng = After clouds light , established = 1946 - College of Aeronautics 1969 - Cranfield Institute of Technology (gained university status by royal charter) 1993 - Cranfield University (adopted current name) , type = Public research uni ...

. Grieve was head of training at

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and is an emeritus professor at

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. He is chairman of the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety at London Metropolitan University. The center was established at

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College , mottoeng = By Art and Industry , established = 2007 – gained university status 1891 – Science and Art School , type = Public , staff = , chancellor = Jay Blades , vice_chancellor = Nick Braisby , st ...

in 2003 and moved to London Metropolitan University in 2006. Staff from the Centre have lectured overseas to the military forces of a number of countries including Turkey, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, USA and Serbia. The centre has also provided training on press and public relations to senior police officers of the People's Republic of China. In January 2004 the British government formally appointed him as a member of the

for Northern Ireland.About John Grieve
, Independent Monitoring Commission website, accessed September 12, 2010

Books

* John Grieve, Allyson MacVean, Clive Harfield and David Phillips. ''Handbook of Intelligent Policing''. Oxford University Press. October 2008. , . 368 pages

References

External links

John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety
* John Grieve, Nathan Hall and Steve Savage
A watershed for British policing
''The Guardian'', 23 February 2009. 1946 births People educated at Ashville College Academics of London Metropolitan University Alumni of Cranfield University Alumni of Newcastle University Living people Metropolitan Police chief officers Metropolitan Police recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub