Sir John David Phillips (born 22 April 1944) is a retired British senior police officer. Educated at Leigh Grammar School and

Manchester University The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

(whence he graduated with a

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degree), Phillips joined the

Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Lancashire in North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, Lancashire, Hutton, near the cit ...

in 1963, serving until 1984, when he became the

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. In 1989, he was appointed Deputy Chief Constable of

Devon and Cornwall Police Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly) in South West England. The force serves approximately 1.8 million people over an ...

. He was promoted in 1993 to be Chief Constable of

Kent Police Kent Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the and approximately 1.8 million inhabitants of Kent, a county in South East England. History On 14 January 1857, a 222-strong 'Kent County Constabulary' was formed under C ...

, serving until 2003, when he was appointed Director of the National Centre for Policing Excellence. He retired in 2005. In the meantime, he had been President of the

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(2001–03). Phillips received the

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(QPM) in 1994; he was

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in the

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. He was also elected a Companion of the

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in 2002 and holds an

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degree from the

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, awarded in 2010."County's top policeman to quit for new post"
''Kent Online'', 21 February 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

References

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