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Simon Parr, QPM is a former senior Police Officer of the United Kingdom. He held the post of Chief Constable of the
Cambridgeshire Constabulary Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the local territorial police force that covers the county of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough unitary authority. It provides law enforcement and security for an area of and population of 856,000 people, in a pred ...
from September 2010 to 2015, replacing Julie Spence. Since his retirement, Parr took to acting at a local amateur theatre company, The
Barn Theatre The Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, United States is one of the oldest summer stock theatres in the United States and the oldest one in Michigan. It also houses The Barn Theatre School. The barn theatre is just off the Sta ...
in Welwyn Garden City, where he is now chairman. He has starred in many productions since 2015 including, "A Christmas Carol", "Rubenstein Kiss" and Willy Russell "Our Day Out".


Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire

In early 2014, Parr was congratulated by Police Minister Damian Green for significantly reducing crime in the County since his appointment. As at May 2014, Parr is the National Policing Lead for Information Management. In March 2014, he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for his work at Cambridgeshire, which featured a reorganisation of the force at the same time as significant cuts to its budget.


Honours

Simon Parr was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the March 2014.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parr, Simon Living people British Chief Constables English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Year of birth missing (living people)