Hugh Orde
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| Born | Hugh Stephen Roden Orde 27 August 1958 London, England | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
Former president of the UK Association of Chief Police Officers
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Sir Hugh Orde is a former president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). He stepped down in 2015 when ACPO was replaced by the National Police Chiefs' Council.[1]
Career
Hugh Orde joined London's Metropolitan Police Service in 1977. He rose quickly through the ranks, becoming Superintendent in the Territorial Support Group. Later, as Commander responsible for the service's Community Safety and Partnership section, Orde took part in the latter phase of the enquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence and its subsequent handling by the police.
Later he (by then a Deputy Assistant Commissioner) was assigned to the senior staff of the Stevens Report which investigated government collusion in sectarian killings in Northern Ireland. He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2001 and was knighted for his services to policing in 2005. In 2010 he was awarded a Queen's Police Medal (QPM).
Orde was appointed Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) (which replaced the Royal Ulster Constabulary) on 29 May 2002, taking over from Acting Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn.
In April 2009, he announced he was stepping down as Chief Constable of the PSNI to become President of ACPO, assuming the position in the following autumn.[2]
Sir Hugh is also the director of the Police National Assessment Centre.
He also holds a degree in Public Administration (BA) and an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law (DCL) from the University of Kent.
He is a member (known as a 'graduate') of Common Purpose UK. He attended the Matrix course in West London 1994/95.
Police Roll of Honour Trust
In November 2013, Hugh Orde took up the role of Patron of the national police charity the Police Roll of Honour Trust. He joined Stephen House and Bernard Hogan-Howe as joint patrons.[3]
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