Michael Trevor Griffiths is a retired British police officer who served as Chief Constable and

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of the

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from 2013 until 2019; prior to which, he was an officer of the

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who retired as a

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Early life and education

Griffiths spent part of his childhood in Carlisle and started his military career as a cadet in the Keswick detachment of

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. He studied at the

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and graduated in politics and international studies.

Military career

Having attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Griffiths was commissioned into the General List of the

as a second lieutenant on 5 August 1978. He transferred to the

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on 3 March 1979, He was promoted to captain on 5 February 1985, to major on 30 September 1991, and to lieutenant colonel on 30 June 1998. He eventually rose to become commanding officer of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Griffiths was Commander of the 42 North West Brigade from 2006 to 2008. He was promoted to

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on 30 June 2007. He then served in staff roles such as Director Personal Services (Army), Director Infantry and Director Personnel Operations. Having seen deployments to Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia and Afghanistan, he retired from the British Army in 2012.

Civil Nuclear Constabulary

In October 2012, he succeeded John Sampson, who was the acting chief constable, as Chief Constable and

of the

. He was appointed by the chairman of the

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, Philip Trousdell.

Honours and awards

In November 1995, Griffiths was awarded the

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"in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Northern Ireland during the period 1st October 1994 to 31st March 1995". He was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for his work as Director Personal Services (Army). Griffiths was awarded the

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(QPM) in the 2019 Birthday Honours in recognition of his work as Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

References

External links

Website
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