Susan Penelope AkersCBEQPM (born 1957)[1] is a retiredDeputy Assistant Commissioner of the BritishMetropolitan Police Service.
She joined the force in 1976 and was promoted by theMetropolitan Police Authority from the rank of Chief Superintendent to Commander in 2004.[2] The posts she held also included Head of Organised Crime & Criminal Networks in theSpecialist Crime Directorate.[3]
She ledOperation Weeting, a British police investigation into allegations ofphone hacking in theNews International phone hacking scandal, from January 2011.[4] In July 2011, as the result of documents submitted to Operation Weeting, she took on the leadership of a related investigation,Operation Elveden.[5] She ledOperation Tuleta, a 2011–12 investigation into illegal access of private computers.[4] Akers led police inquiries into the potential involvement of intelligence services in relation to detainees held abroad.[4]
Akers retired at the end of 2012.[4]
She was awarded theQueen's Police Medal in 2007 and was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the2013 Birthday Honours for services to policing.[6]
Akers' role as a private investigator in the case of alleged rape of a schoolgirl in 2016 has been questioned. Employed by the family of the child, it was reported inThe Daily Telegraph that Akers was "said to have had a number of meetings with serving officers about the case and tried to tell officers how to conduct the case. William Clegg QC, defending, also said she had asked to have access to court papers. The officer leading the investigation [...] agreed that it was 'unique' for a former Deputy Assistant Commissioner to be involved in that way."[7][8]
She is played byRebecca Front in the 2025 ITV drama about theNews International phone hacking scandal,The Hack.[9]
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