Nicholas Bevan "Nick" Ephgrave is a senior British police officer. He is currently Assistant Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police Service
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
. He was Senior Investigating Officer on the re-investigation of
Damilola Taylor's murder.
Early life and education
Ephgrave was born in
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
, England. His first career was as a physicist in the National Health Service (NHS).
Policing career
He first became an officer in the
Metropolitan Police Service
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
, rising to
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.
...
of Lambeth Borough before becoming
Chief Constable of
Surrey Police
Surrey Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Surrey in South East England.
The force is currently led by Chief Constable Gavin Stephens. Previously the force was led by Nick Ephgrave who left the force ...
(2016-2018). He then returned to the Metropolitan Police as
Assistant Commissioner for
Met Operations
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. In June 2016 received the
Queen's Police Medal
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. He also heads the
National Police Chiefs' Council
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) is a national coordination body for law enforcement in the United Kingdom and the representative body for British police chief officers. Established on 1 April 2015, it replaced the former Association o ...
's Coordination Committee on Criminal Justice and is due to leave the Metropolitan Police to take up a new temporary post with the Council later in 2022.
Honours
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British Chief Constables
Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis
20th-century births
English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
Metropolitan Police recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
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