Sir Kenneth Lloyd Jones is a British former

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. He was a Deputy Commissioner of

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in Australia, former President of

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for England, Wales and

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in the United Kingdom and Senior Investigator of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong. Sir Ken Jones is a former President of

and presently defence & security advisor at the British Embassy in Washington DC. He was awarded the

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in 2000 and was knighted for services to policing in 2009.

Early life and education

Jones was born in

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and completed

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in 1985. He did his

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in 1992. In 1996, he won a

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to study policing in the United States and was an

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Career

With South Yorkshire Police, Jones served in a number of cities including

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and

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gaining experience with community beat duties, specialist detective work and the use of firearms. Whilst there he received three Chief Constable's Commendations. He has commanded both rural and urban divisions. He gained experience abroad working as an anti corruption investigator in Hong Kong and as an election monitor in Zimbabwe. he visited the

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of the United States to study the growth of private policing. Sir Ken has also served in Africa (

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), the United States (as a

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in 1996) and Hong Kong (in the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)). He was appointed Assistant Chief Constable of the

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in 1997.

Chief constable in Sussex

In November 2001 he was promoted to Chief Constable of

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, serving until 2006.

President of ACPO

In 2006 Jones became the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers

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He was preceded by Sir Chris Fox QPM (2003–2006) and followed by

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OBE.

Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police

On 25 May 2009 it was announced that he had been appointed as the Deputy Commissioner (Crime) for

in Australia. He assumed the duties of this role on 1 July 2009.

Positions held

* World Regional Chair of the

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. * Chief Constable –

. * Chief Constable and President –

England, Wales, Northern Ireland. * Deputy Commissioner ( Crime ) –

, Victoria, Australia. * Chair of the Sussex Criminal Justice Board. * Chair and Member of the ACPO's Terrorism & Allied Matters (TAM), London. * Board Member of

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(NPIA). * Board Member of National Policing Board (NPB). * Board Member of the National Criminal Justice Board. * Board Member ( and occasional chair ) of HMIC's Senior Appointment's Panel. * Board Member (represented UK) on IACP in USA ( as well as World Regional Chair ) . * Defence & Security Advisor – British Embassy, Washington DC. * Senior Investigator at Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Hong Kong.

Awards and accolades

Sir Ken received the

in 2001 and was created a Knight in the 2009 New Year honours list.

Death threats

In December 2010, it was revealed that Jones had received a number of death threats, and had been issued with a

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for protection.

Media

During the time Sir Ken Jones served Victoria Police Force he became the subject of death threats which came to public light in December 2010. This signalled the start of the complicated relationship at the top of Victoria Police concerning the integrity of the presentation of crime statistics to the public between Jones and Chief Commissioner Simon Overland. Concerns have been raised about Overland's actions as there is an ongoing investigation into allegations of Overland's own conduct with the former Brumby government, in particular the release of incomplete favorable crime statistics prior to the 2010 election. Jones had objected to this politicisation of policing. Jones was reportedly the subject of an investigation by the Office of Police Integrity requested by Overland, over Overland's suspicions that he helped media expose the cherry-picked crime statistics. However these reports were found to be untrue and harmful to Sir Ken Jones' career in a report published by the Ombudsman. IBAC Press release, para 5 : "Mr Kellam’s review concluded that the evidence available to OPI and set out in OPI’s final investigation report to the Ombudsman did not support an allegation that Sir Ken Jones QPM had engaged in serious misconduct by leaking or facilitating leaking to the media of confidential police information". This final report cleared Jones of any wrongdoing during his time at Victoria Police Force.
The Australian, 20 February 2014

References

External links

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