John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
The Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | |
| In office 1 January 2000 – 28 January 2005 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Deputy | Sir Ian Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir Paul Condon |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ian Blair |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 6 April 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Arthur Stevens 21 October 1942 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Police officer; head of the Metropolitan Police Service (2000–2005) |
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John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, KStJ, QPM, DL, FRSA (born 21 October 1942) is a former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police Service), having served from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Constable of Northumbria Police before being appointed one of HM Inspectors of Constabulary in September 1996. He was then appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Met in 1998 until his promotion to Commissioner in 2000. He was a writer for the News of the World, for £7,000 an article, until his resignation as the hacking scandal progressed.
He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.