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26/01/2009
Sir Hugh Faces Met Interview Today
PSNI Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Orde, will today be interviewed for the UK's top policing job.
It was announced last week that Sir Hugh is one of two final candidates selected for the role of Metropolitan Commissioner.
West Midlands Chief Constable Sir Paul Scott-Lee and Bernard Hogan-Howe, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, were eliminated from the final shortlist.
Sir Hugh will go head-to-head with acting Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, whose merits will be assessed by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and London Mayor Boris Johnston.
The successful candidate must also be approved by the Queen.
Sir Hugh was appointed Northern Ireland's top cop in September 2002, succeeding Sir Ronnie Flanagan.
He started his policing career at the Met in 1977, becoming a deputy assistant commissioner in 1999.
The new commissioner is expected to take up their post in the spring.
The post became vacant following the high-profile resignation of Sir Iain Blair last year.
Whoever wins the job will be quickly faced with pressures over continuing violence on the streets of London, with weekend news, that teenager Stephen Lewis had become the first to die by violent crime in London this year, underlining the continuing problem.
Last year, 28 teenagers were killed in similar violent incidents in the capital.
See: Two Questioned Over London Stabbing
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It was announced last week that Sir Hugh is one of two final candidates selected for the role of Metropolitan Commissioner.
West Midlands Chief Constable Sir Paul Scott-Lee and Bernard Hogan-Howe, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, were eliminated from the final shortlist.
Sir Hugh will go head-to-head with acting Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, whose merits will be assessed by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and London Mayor Boris Johnston.
The successful candidate must also be approved by the Queen.
Sir Hugh was appointed Northern Ireland's top cop in September 2002, succeeding Sir Ronnie Flanagan.
He started his policing career at the Met in 1977, becoming a deputy assistant commissioner in 1999.
The new commissioner is expected to take up their post in the spring.
The post became vacant following the high-profile resignation of Sir Iain Blair last year.
Whoever wins the job will be quickly faced with pressures over continuing violence on the streets of London, with weekend news, that teenager Stephen Lewis had become the first to die by violent crime in London this year, underlining the continuing problem.
Last year, 28 teenagers were killed in similar violent incidents in the capital.
See: Two Questioned Over London Stabbing
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The Policing Board are to be briefed by Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan this afternoon. The meeting is expected to be tense and the PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde is expected to attend the meeting. Mrs O'Loan's report has come under fire from the retired police officer's association.
Police Ombudsman to brief board on report
The Policing Board are to be briefed by Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan this afternoon. The meeting is expected to be tense and the PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde is expected to attend the meeting. Mrs O'Loan's report has come under fire from the retired police officer's association.
12 February 2008
Quinn Killing Gets Assembly Debate
An Assembly committee is to raise the the murder of south Armagh man Paul Quinn today. Mr Quinn, 21, from near the village of Cullyhanna, was beaten to death by a gang after being lured to a farm near near Castleblayney in the Republic last October. Another man was also attacked by the gang armed with iron bars, but survived.
Quinn Killing Gets Assembly Debate
An Assembly committee is to raise the the murder of south Armagh man Paul Quinn today. Mr Quinn, 21, from near the village of Cullyhanna, was beaten to death by a gang after being lured to a farm near near Castleblayney in the Republic last October. Another man was also attacked by the gang armed with iron bars, but survived.
21 April 2006
Policing board to question Orde over Colwell shooting
Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde is to be questioned by the Policing Board over the shooting of 23-year-old Steven Colwell at a police checkpoint last weekend. It is understood that the Chairman of the Policing Board, Sir Desmond Rea, along with Board representatives will ask the Chief Constable for an account of what exactly happened.
Policing board to question Orde over Colwell shooting
Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde is to be questioned by the Policing Board over the shooting of 23-year-old Steven Colwell at a police checkpoint last weekend. It is understood that the Chairman of the Policing Board, Sir Desmond Rea, along with Board representatives will ask the Chief Constable for an account of what exactly happened.
08 November 2007
Orde Tipped For Top Met Post
As the pressure on London’s Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair builds up to resign, Sir Hugh Orde, who has been the PSNI’s chief constable since 2002, continues to be a front-runner to take over the post if Sir Ian does go.
Orde Tipped For Top Met Post
As the pressure on London’s Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair builds up to resign, Sir Hugh Orde, who has been the PSNI’s chief constable since 2002, continues to be a front-runner to take over the post if Sir Ian does go.
12 January 2007
Chief Constable calls for end of use of plastic bullets
PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde has said that he no longer wants his officers to use plastic bullets. Sir Hugh also acknowledged that some of the people who were killed by plastic bullets throughout the 'troubles', were innocent.
Chief Constable calls for end of use of plastic bullets
PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde has said that he no longer wants his officers to use plastic bullets. Sir Hugh also acknowledged that some of the people who were killed by plastic bullets throughout the 'troubles', were innocent.
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