Rose Mary Fitzpatrick (born c. 1960) is a retired British police officer. Fitzpatrick was born in London and began her career in the

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/ref> In 1987, at the age of 27, she joined the

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as a

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and rose through the uniformed ranks to the rank of chief inspector. In 1993, she served as an exchange officer with

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, and in 1995 she was attached as a staff officer to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary."MPA appiints new commanders to Metropolitan Police", 15 November 2002
/ref> In 1998, she transferred to the

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as a superintendent in charge of operational policing in Whitechapel, and the following year took responsibility for operational policing in the whole of Tower Hamlets. In February 2000, she was promoted to

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and took over as borough commander of Tower Hamlets. She was promoted to

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in November 2002 and headed a team working with the Home Office and Department for Constitutional Affairs to implement police and criminal justice reform, including the introduction of safer neighbourhood teams. She then took command of operational policing in North West London. She was promoted to deputy assistant commissioner in August 2005 as head of the new Diversity and Citizen Focus Command."MPA appoints new Deputy Assistant Commissioner to the Metropolitan Police Service", Metropolitan Police Authority, 8 August 2005
/ref> She served as DAC Territorial Policing and in 2009 was temporary Assistant Commissioner Territorial Policing. She then became DAC Corporate Development before retiring in 2012, but four weeks later joined the new

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in 2012 as deputy chief constable in charge of territorial policing. Fitzpatrick was awarded the

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(QPM) in the

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and appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to law and order. She retired from Police Scotland in June 2018 and was appointed to chair the Scottish Government's new National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group. There was controversy when it emerged that the Scottish Police Authority had paid her a total of £67,000 in relocation expenses and footed a £53,000 tax bill during her service."Police chief asked for expenses 'in cash'", BBC News, 16 March 2018
/ref> Fitzpatrick's husband is Scottish. They have two daughters.

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