Tim Godwin

Tim Godwin
OBE QPM
Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
In office
16 July 2009 – 8 November 2011
LeaderSir Paul Stephenson
Bernard Hogan-Howe
Preceded bySir Paul Stephenson
Succeeded byCraig Mackey
Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
In office
18 July 2011 – 12 September 2011
Preceded bySir Paul Stephenson
Succeeded byBernard Hogan-Howe (as Commissioner)
In office
December 2010 – January 2011
Preceded bySir Paul Stephenson
Succeeded bySir Paul Stephenson
Personal details
BornHaywards Heath, Sussex, United Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Portsmouth
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
WebsiteProfile

Timothy John Godwin OBE QPM is a former British police officer, who served as Deputy Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service,[1] from July 2009 until November 2011. He held the post of Acting Commissioner, following the resignation of the Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson in July 2011 and remained in post until his replacement, Bernard Hogan-Howe, was formally appointed on 12 September 2011.

Godwin had previously been Acting Deputy Commissioner from December 2008 following the promotion of the previous incumbent, Sir Paul Stephenson, to Commissioner; he was substantively appointed Deputy Commissioner in July 2009.[2] He also briefly held the top job as Acting Commissioner in December 2010 when the then Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, took a leave of absence to undergo surgery to remove a tumour.[3]

On 8 November 2011, Godwin announced that after 30 years in the police service he was to retire and take a role in the private sector.[4]

  1. ^ Deputy Commissioner Tim Godwin, Metropolitan Police Service
  2. ^ "Met Police: Asst Commissioner Tim Godwin". Archived from the original on 2 February 2003.
  3. ^ Swinford, Steven (14 December 2010). "Metropolitan Police chief Sir Paul Stephenson takes six-week absence to have tumour removed". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  4. ^ Met Police Deputy Commissioner Tom Godwin retires, BBC News