Ken Jones (police officer)
Sir Kenneth Lloyd "Ken" Jones, QPM was Deputy Commissioner of the Victoria Police and a former President of Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.
Ken was born in Wales and had some engineering training before joining the South Yorkshire police service. During this period he served in a number of cities including Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster gaining experience with community beat duties, specialist detective work and the use of firearms. Whilst there he received three Chief Constable's Commendations.[1]
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 West Coast of the USA to study the growth of private policing.[1]
Sir Ken has also served in Africa (Zimbabwe-Rhodesia), the United States (as a Fulbright Scholar at UCLA in 1996) and Hong Kong (in the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)). He has a BA (Hons) and an MBA both from the University of Sheffield.[1]
He was appointed Assistant Chief Constable of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary in 1997. He subsequently received the Queen's Police Medal in 2001 and was created a knight in the 2009 New Year honours list.[2][3]
In November 2001 he was promoted to Chief Constable of Sussex Police, serving until 2006.[2][4][3]
On 25 May 2009 it was announced that he had been appointed as the Deputy Commissioner (Crime) for Victoria Police in Australia.[5] He assumed the duties of this role on 1 July 2009.[6] In December 2010, it was revealed that Jones had received a number of death threats, and had been issued with a Glock pistol for protection.[7]
In May 2011, Jones announced his intention to resign in August 2011; public reaction has been mixed with members of the public supporting (including on Facebook[8]) the notion of Jones replacing Simon Overland to become Victoria's next Police Commissioner.[9] On 6 May 2011, Overland directed Sir Ken to take leave from the police force effective immediately.[10] Concerns have been raised about Overland's actions as there is an on going 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.[11] Jones had objected to this politicisation of policing.[12][13] Jones is 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.[14]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "ACPO APPOINTS NEXT PRESIDENT". Association of Chief Police Officers. 7 September 2005. http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/news/PRDisplay.asp?PR_GUID=%7B49527400-F72F-4298-BA22-5E967767BA12%7D. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ a b "New chief appointed to Sussex Police". BBC News (BBC). 2 November 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1635289.stm. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Police boss receives knighthood". BBC News (BBC). 31 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7805450.stm. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "News in Brief - Chief Constable Grabs Shoplifter". The Telegraph. 5 November 2004. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1475888/News-in-brief.html. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Barrowclough, Anne (26 May 2009). "ACPO chief Sir Ken Jones gets top role in Australian policing". TimesOnline (The Times). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6362837.ece. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/more-news/468-new-deputy-commissioners-for-victoria-police.html
- ^ Top cop issued with gun after credible threats, ABC News, 15 December 2010.
- ^ Make Sir Ken Jones Victoria's next Police Commissioner, Facebook
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/no-top-job-deal-sir-ken/story-fn7x8me2-1226044650477
- ^ Police in crisis: Sir Ken Jones ordered to leave force immediately, Herald Sun, 6 May 2011.
- ^ "John Brumby pushed for positive spin before election". Herald Sun, 4 May 2011
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/police-in-crisis-sir-ken-jones-ordered-to-leave-force-immediately/story-fn7x8me2-1226051281411
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/07/3210464.htm
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/sir-ken-jones-a-man-of-integrity-bill-tilley/story-fn7x8me2-1226073668109
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| Police appointments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Paul Whitehouse |
Chief Constable of Sussex Police 2001–2006 |
Succeeded by Joe Edwards |
| Preceded by Simon Overland |
Deputy Commissioner (Crime) for Victoria Police 2009-2011 |
Succeeded by Ken Lay (interim)[1] |
