John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
The Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2005 Life Peerage | |
| Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police | |
| In office 1 January 2000 – 31 December 2004 | |
| Deputy | Sir Ian Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir Paul Condon |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ian Blair |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Arthur Stevens 21 October 1942 |
| Profession | Police officer; head of the Metropolitan Police Service (2000–2005) |
John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, QPM, KStJ, DL, FRSA (born 21 October 1942) is the former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (top person in the Metropolitan Police Service) from 2000 until 2005. He was made Deputy Commissioner of the Met in 1998 until his promotion to Commissioner in 2000.[1][2] He was a writer for the News of the World, for £7,000 an article, until he left it as the hacking scandal happened.[3]
He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "London gets a new chief of police". The Irish Times. 27 August 1999. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "John Stevens: The Guv'nor". The Independent. 9 September 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "News of the World Paid Former Police Chief $11,000 Per Article". Bloomberg News. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "Contact information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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