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Sir Denis Francis O'Connor (born 21 May 1949) is the former Chief Inspector of Constabulary. He was appointed on 11 May 2009 and retired on 31 July 2012.
Career
Born inDrogheda
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, Ireland, O'Connor's police career began in 1968 as a constable with the Metropolitan Police. He left in 1970 to attend the University of Southampton
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, but rejoined the police as a graduate entrant in 1974. In 1985 he was appointed as a superintendent in Surrey Police
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The force is currently led by Chief Constable Tim De Meyer.
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and returned in 1988 as a chief superintendent
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to the Metropolitan Police Service. He rose to the rank of commander in the MPS. In 1991, he was appointed as an assistant chief constable with Surrey Police before transferring to Kent Police
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History
On 14 January 1857, a 222-strong 'Kent County Constabulary' was formed under C ...
where he was appointed as deputy chief constable between 1993 and 1997. In 1997, he became a Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner and from 2000 until 2004 was appointed chief constable of Surrey Police.
From 2004, he was one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary, and became Acting Chief Inspector on 1 December 2008. On 28 March 2012 the Home Secretary announced Sir Denis would retire on 31 July after more than three years in the role.
O'Connor is trustee of the Surrey Care Trust in Woking Surrey, which provides education, training, skills and volunteering opportunities to those who need motivation or a second chance in life. The charity also runs a fund to help those facing hardship throughout Surrey.
Reports
*''Adapting to Protest'' published 7 July 2009. This report concerned the policing of the2009 G20 London summit protests
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*''Stop the Rot'', published 24 September 2010, that examined the effects of anti-social behaviour
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and the withdrawal of police street patrols. According to the ''Stop the Rot'' report, it confirmed the widely held belief by UK people, that the police had largely retreated from policing anti-social behaviour on the streets, by grading calls and not replying to incidents deemed to be below a specific grade of offence. The results was a rapid increase of yobbish behaviour in the last decade.
Awards
He was awarded theQueen's Police Medal
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in 1996. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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in 2002, and was knighted
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in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
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