Helen Ball

Helen Ball
Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Acting
In office
April 2022 – 12 September 2022
Preceded bySir Stephen House
Succeeded byLynne Owens (Acting)
Assistant Commissioner (Professionalism)
Metropolitan Police Service
In office
July 2017 – October 2022
Preceded byHelen King
Succeeded by Barbara Gray
Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Territorial Policing)
Metropolitan Police Service
In office
2012–2013
Senior National Co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing
National Police Chiefs' Council
In office
August 2013 – October 2016
Personal details
BornHelen Elizabeth Ball
April 1961 (age 64)
ProfessionPolice officer
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Helen Ball QPM (born April 1961) is a retired senior British police officer. During part of her final year in policing she served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service. At a national level she has been senior coordinator for counter terrorism policing (2013–2016) and strategic leadership advisor to the College of Policing (seconded 2016).