Patrick Geenty was the Chief Constable of

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from January 2013 until June 2015. He served in Wiltshire Police from July 2009, and was temporary chief constable from March 2012, when Chief Constable Brian Moore was seconded to the

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. Geenty was the Assistant Chief Constable with the force from April 2009 until March 2011, then Temporary Deputy Chief Constable, and then Deputy Chief Constable from December 2011. He started his policing career in 1982 as a Constable with Gloucestershire Constabulary serving in both uniform and CID officer and later

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and

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. He moved to

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in 1998 as a

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, then

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and finally as

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. Geenty contributed to the "Closing the Gap" report in 2004 assessing the capability of protective services across the UK. He also led the introduction of Neighbourhood Policing to East Yorkshire and built upon that success by leading the development of integrated neighbourhood management in partnership with local agencies.http://www.wiltshire.police.uk/index.php/about-us-and-departments/senior-management-team/1263-patrick-geenty He was the ACPO lead for Missing Persons. He was divisional commander for East Yorkshire during large scale floods of 2007. Before his policing career, Geenty was a schoolteacher in Blackpool and Cheltenham. He has an MA in Criminology and Policing Studies from

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, and a Bachelor of Education from Saint Paul's College. In May 2015 Chief Constable Geenty retired from Wiltshire Police having completed 34 years of policing. On retirement he moved with his family to Worcestershire and started a Studio Pottery, "Herries", making crystalline glazed porcelain.

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External links

Wiltshire Police Website
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