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Sentencing Council for England and Wales appoints non-judicial member (23 September 2016)

Date: 23/09/2016
Duncan Lewis, Crime Solicitors, Sentencing Council for England and Wales appoints non-judicial member

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has announced that Chief Constable Simon Byrne MA QPM has been appointed to the council as a non-judicial member.

The Lord Chancellor in consultation with the Lord Chief Justice appointed Chief Constable Simon Byrne for three years from 1 September 2016.

The appointment is subject to security clearance.

He began his police career in the Metropolitan Police Service in 1982 on uniform patrol pounding the beat around Paddington and St John’s Wood, before transferring to Merseyside Police in 1985.

In 2002, he became the Basic Command Unit Commander for Knowsley and joined Association of Chief Police Officers in 2006 on promotion to Assistant Chief Constable. In 2009, he transferred to Greater Manchester Police on promotion to Deputy Chief Constable, where he led a programme of performance improvement and innovation.

In 2011, he returned to head the largest operational command in the country, running day-to-day policing in London’s 32 boroughs – and also oversaw the Met’s Contact Centres, Safer Transport and Criminal Justice Commands.

He became Chief Constable with Cheshire Constabulary in June 2014 – and in 2015 became the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) lead for the National Police Air Service.

In December 2015, he became the lead for the NPCC Criminal Justice Coordination Committee and was awarded the Queens Police Medal (QPM) in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List.

He recently became a member of the Criminal Rules Procedure Committee.

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