Peter William NeyroudCBEQPM (born 12 August 1959) is a retired British police officer. He was the Chief Executive Officer for theNational Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), and formerChief Constable ofThames Valley Police. Heannounced his retirement from the NPIA in March 2010.
Neyroud was educated atWinchester College andOriel College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History. He holds anMSc in Professional Studies (Crime and Policing), a diploma in Applied Criminology and a PhD in Criminology (Wolfson College, Cambridge: 2018).[1]
Peter Neyroud joinedHampshire Constabulary in 1980, rising through the ranks within Hampshire toDetective Superintendent. He was appointedAssistant Chief Constable ofWest Mercia Constabulary in 1998 and reachedDeputy Chief Constable two years later. He was appointed Chief Constable ofThames Valley Police in 2002.[2]
His position within theNational Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was announced by the thenHome SecretaryCharles Clarke in October 2005, taking up the post as the CEO (Designate) in January 2006.[1] The NPIA was operational from 1 April 2007 until 2012, when the Agency was closed and its training and research functions transferred to the College of Policing, which was set up following the recommendations of Neyroud’s Review of Police Training and Leadership which was commissioned by Home Secretary Theresa May and published in 2011.[3]
Peter Neyroud was awarded theQueen's Police Medal for services to the police in 2004 and is a widely published author on policing.[1] He was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the2011 Birthday Honours.[4]
He is currently a lecturer inEvidence-Based Policing at the Institute of Criminology of theUniversity of Cambridge.[5]
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| Preceded by [6] Sir Charles Pollard | Chief Constable ofThames Valley Police 2002–2007 | Succeeded by |