Richard Lewis is the Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police.

Career

Richard Lewis was born in

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...

in West

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. Prior to being Chief constable for Dyfed-Powys he served as the Chief Constable of

Cleveland Police Cleveland Police is the territorial police force responsible for the policing area corresponding to the former county of Cleveland in Northern England. As of September 2017, the force had 1,274 police officers, 278 police staff, 124 police com ...

from April 2019. He started his policing career with

Dyfed–Powys Police Dyfed–Powys Police ( cy, Heddlu Dyfed–Powys) is the territorial police force in Wales policing Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (which make up the former administrative area of Dyfed) and the unitary authority of Powys (covering ...

in 2000, where he worked in Uniform and CID. Lewis held every rank from Constable to Deputy Chief Constable whilst at Dyfed Powys Police. Prior to becoming Chief Constable at Cleveland, Lewis was the Deputy Chief Constable of Dyfed Powys Police.

Heddlu Cymru/Wales Police

Chief Constable Richard Lewis has suggested an all-Wales police force "Heddlu Cymru/Wales Police'" and stated, (If) the Americans can put a man on the moon in eight years, I think we can unify four police services. Doing away with those borders means we can provide a more effective service."

Honours

References

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