Sir Peter James Joseph Winship CBE QPM (born 21 July 1943) is a retired British police officer.[1]

Winship is the son of Francis Edward Winship and his wife Iris May (née Adams).[1] He was educated at Bicester Grammar School and joined Oxfordshire Constabulary as a constable in 1962. He was promoted sergeant in the new Thames Valley Constabulary in 1968 and rose through the ranks to superintendent in 1979.[1] He read English language and literature at St John's College, Oxford, from where he graduated BA and MA.[1] Attending the FBI Academy in 1980, he transferred to the Metropolitan Police in London in 1982 as a chief superintendent.[1]

He returned to Thames Valley Police as Assistant Chief Constable Operations in 1984[1][2] and then went back to the Metropolitan Police as Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Complaints Investigation Bureau in 1987.[3][4][5][6] He served as DAC No. 1 Area from 1988 to 1 June 1989, when he was promoted to assistant commissioner.[7] He was Assistant Commissioner Management Support and Strategy from 1989 to 1992 and then Assistant Commissioner Inspection and Review from 1992 to 1995,[1][8] the only officer to hold this post. From 1993 to 1995, he was also director of police extended interviews and from 1992 to 1995 was chairman of the technical and research committee of the Association of Chief Police Officers.[1] From 1995 to 2005, he served as an HM Inspector of Constabulary.[1]

Winship was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 1990 New Year Honours,[9] appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 New Year Honours for services to the police,[10] and knighted in the 2004 Birthday Honours, also for services to the police.[11]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Biography, Who's Who
  2. ^ "Libyan pilot ban stays", The Times, 2 April 1986
  3. ^ "Detective suspended", The Times, 16 July 1987
  4. ^ "Police jailed for attacking boys", The Times, 17 July 1987
  5. ^ "Purge on corrupt officers promised by police chief", The Times, 4 August 1987
  6. ^ "Yard complaints role questioned", The Times, 9 April 1988
  7. ^ "No. 51753". The London Gazette. 5 June 1989. p. 6626.
  8. ^ "Police chief reject criticisms over handling of protest", The Times, 16 February 1992
  9. ^ "No. 51981". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1989. p. 25.
  10. ^ "No. 54993". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1997. p. 10.
  11. ^ "No. 57315". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2004. p. 2.
Police appointments Preceded byWyn Jones Assistant Chief Constable, Operations, Thames Valley Police 1984–1987 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byUnknown Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Complaints Investigation Bureau), Metropolitan Police 1987–1988 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byUnknown Deputy Assistant Commissioner No. 1 Area, Metropolitan Police 1988–1989 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byJohn Smith Assistant Commissioner Management Support and Strategy, Metropolitan Police 1989–1992 Succeeded byLast incumbent Preceded byFirst incumbent Assistant Commissioner Inspection and Review, Metropolitan Police 1989–1995 Succeeded byLast incumbent Preceded byUnknown HM Inspector of Constabulary 1995–2005 Succeeded byUnknown
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