Matt Twist is a senior British police officer, serving in the

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from 1996 to 2013 and 2016 to the present, with the intervening period spent in Surrey Police. It was announced in September 2022 that he would become Temporary Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations, where he succeeded Louisa Rolfe.

Career

First assigned to teams in the

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, he also spent time in firearms and

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His time with Surrey Police saw a rise from Chief Superintendent to Temporary Assistant Chief Constable. His second period with the Metropolitan Police included time as

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for Firearms and Met Taskforce and as the

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lead for restraint and self-defence, prior to a promotion to Deputy Assistant Commissioner in April 2018, at which rank he served as the

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for the Metropolitan Police's Covid-19 response.

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