Helen Ball

Helen Ball
Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Acting
In office
April 2022 – 12 September 2022
Preceded bySir Stephen House
Succeeded byLynne Owens (Acting)
Assistant Commissioner (Professionalism)
Metropolitan Police Service
In office
July 2017 – October 2022
Preceded byHelen King
Succeeded by Barbara Gray
Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Territorial Policing)
Metropolitan Police Service
In office
2012–2013
Senior National Co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing
National Police Chiefs' Council
In office
August 2013 – October 2016
Personal details
Born
Helen Elizabeth Ball

April 1961 (age 63)
ProfessionPolice officer

Helen Ball QPM (born April 1961) is a retired senior British police officer. During part of her final year in policing she served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service.[1][2][3][4] At a national level she has been senior coordinator for counter terrorism policing (2013–2016) and strategic leadership advisor to the College of Policing (seconded 2016).[5]

  1. ^ "Three top Met officers to depart as new boss prepares to take over".
  2. ^ "Senior management team: Who's who".
  3. ^ "Met police appoints new assistant commissioner". Fire Safety Matters. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Assistant Met Commissioner accepts findings of hearing into Sean Riggs death". 1 March 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. ^ "DAC Helen Ball Blog: Reflections on 'Look Outs'. October 2016".