Who is the former Chief Constable of Merseyside, now Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?
Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe, (born 25 October 1957) is a former English police officer and was the head of London's Metropolitan Police as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2011 until 2017. Born in Sheffield, Hogan-Howe joined the South Yorkshire Police in 1979, becoming District Commander of the Doncaster West area, as well as obtaining university qualifications in law and criminology. In 1997, he transferred to Merseyside Police as Assistant Chief Constable for Community Affairs, moving on to area operations. He then joined the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner for personnel, before being appointed Chief
Deputy chief constable Deputy chief constable Deputy chief constable (DCC) is the second highest rank in all territorial police forces in the United Kingdom (except the Metropolitan Police, in which the equivalent rank is deputy assistant commissioner, and City of London Police, in which the equivalent rank is assistant commissioner, both of which wear the same insignia as a DCC). The British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and the Isle of Man Constabulary each also has a DCC. Until 2006, each force could only have one DCC, who would normally be second-in-command to the chief constable. However, Schedule 2