John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
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John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington KStJ
Venerable Order of Saint John
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 QPM
Queen's Police Medal
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 DL
Deputy Lieutenant
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 FRSA (born 21 October 1942) was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
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 (head of the Metropolitan Police Service
Metropolitan Police Service
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) from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Constable
Chief Constable
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 of Northumbria Police
Northumbria Police
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 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.
Stevens was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate
St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate
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, the University of Leicester
University of Leicester
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 where he took an LL.B
Bachelor of Laws
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 and the University of Southampton
University of Southampton
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, where he did his MPhil
Master of Philosophy
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