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Matthew Twist is a senior British police officer, serving in the Metropolitan Police from 1996 to 2013 and 2016 to the present, with the intervening period spent in
Surrey Police
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. It was announced in September 2022 that he would become Temporary Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations
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, in which role he succeeded Louisa Rolfe; he was appointed to that rank permanently in August 2023. Since 2024, he has been Assistant Commissioner for Frontline Policing.
Career
First assigned to teams in theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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, he also spent time in firearms and Special Branch
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His time with Surrey Police saw a rise from Chief Superintendent
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Rank insignia of chief superintendent
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to Temporary Assistant Chief Constable. His second period with the Metropolitan Police included time as Commander
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for Firearms and Met Taskforce and as the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for restraint and self-defence, prior to a promotion to Deputy Assistant Commissioner in April 2018, at which rank he served as the Gold Commander for the Metropolitan Police's Covid-19 response.
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