Bernard Hogan-Howe

The Lord Hogan-Howe
Official portrait, 2022
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
In office
12 September 2011 – 22 February 2017
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyTim Godwin
Craig Mackey
Home Secretary
MayorBoris Johnson
Sadiq Khan
Preceded bySir Paul Stephenson
Succeeded byDame Cressida Dick
Chief Constable of Merseyside Police
In office
2004–2009
Preceded bySir Norman Bettison
Succeeded byAndy Cooke
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
7 November 2017
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Bernard Howe

(1957-10-25) 25 October 1957 (age 67)
Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Spouse(s)
Marion White, Lady Hogan-Howe
(m. 2008)
ResidenceLondon
Alma materMerton College, Oxford (MA)
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (Dipl. Crim.)
University of Sheffield (MBA)
ProfessionPolice officer

Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe, QPM (born 25 October 1957)[1] is an English former police officer and was the head of London's Metropolitan Police as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2011 until 2017.

Born in Sheffield, Hogan-Howe joined the South Yorkshire Police in 1979, becoming District Commander of the Doncaster West area, as well as obtaining university qualifications in law and criminology. In 1997, he transferred to Merseyside Police as Assistant Chief Constable for Community Affairs, moving on to area operations. He then joined the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner for personnel, before being appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside Police.

After two years as an Inspector of Constabulary, Hogan-Howe was briefly Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police before being appointed Commissioner in September 2011.[1]

Hogan-Howe was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to policing.

  1. ^ a b Anon (2019). "Hogan-Howe, Bernard". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U58781. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)