Deputy Ian Hopkins Religion Roman Catholicism Preceded by Michael J. Todd Name Peter Fahy | Nationality British Role Police Constable Spouse(s) Jenny Fahy Succeeded by David Whatton | |
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Born 18 January 1959 (age 65)
London, England ( 1959-01-18 ) Alma mater University of Hull
University of East Anglia Education University of East Anglia, University of Hull | ||
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Sir Peter Martin Fahy QPM (born 18 January 1959 in London, England) is a retired senior British police officer. He was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), the United Kingdom's third largest police force. He retired from the police force on 23 October 2015 after serving for 34 years.
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- Thank you for your support from chief constable peter fahy
- Police in greater manchester chief constable sir peter fahy and gmpcc tony lloyd
- Early life and education
- Police career
- Later life
- Honours
- References
Police in greater manchester chief constable sir peter fahy and gmpcc tony lloyd
Early life and education
Fahy holds a degree in French and Spanish from the University of Hull, and a master's degree from the University of East Anglia.
Police career
He joined the police in 1981, and is currently the ACPO spokesman on workforce development.
Before taking up this post at GMP on 1 September 2008, he was the Chief Constable with Cheshire Constabulary, a post he held since 2002. Previous to that he was Assistant Chief Constable at Surrey, and had positions with Hertfordshire and West Midlands forces.
Fahy has previously expressed his frustration at red tape which has been creeping into police forces across the United Kingdom. In July 2011, Fahy commanded his officers to use their common sense and criticised police policies which prevents the police from helping victims or protecting the public in certain cases. In July 2011, Fahy was one of the frontrunners to replace Sir Paul Stephenson as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner but Fahy was lukewarm about taking up such a position.
In July 2013, it was announced that his contract had been extended for a further three years by the Greater Manchester Police Commissioner Tony Lloyd. After 32 years service, Fahy was eligible for retirement and his contract would have ended on 31 August 2013.
Fahy is the Association of Chief police Officers (ACPO) lead of Specials Constabulary.
In January 2014 the Crown Prosecution Service announced that they would be prosecuting Peter Fahy under health and safety legislation over the death of Anthony Grainger.
However, in January 2015, William Boyce QC, at Liverpool Crown Court accepted an 'abuse of process' argument from the defence,
Later life
In October 2015, Fahy was appointed an Honorary Professor of Criminal Justice by the University of Manchester. He gave his first public lecture on 11 November 2015. It was entitled; Thinking about police and public in a more divided world: reflections on 34 years of policing.
Honours
Fahy was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours 'for services to policing'.