Laurence Taylor is a senior British police officer. On 3 June 2025 his promotion from Temporary Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police, with the portfolio of Professionalism, to substantive Assistant Commissioner, heading

Specialist Operations The Specialist Operations directorate is a unit of the Metropolitan Police in London, England. It is responsible for providing specialist policing capabilities, including national security and counter-terrorism operations. As of May 2025, the Spe ...

, was announced; it is due to take effect in July 2025.

Career

Taylor served in

Sussex Police Sussex Police are the territorial police force responsible for policing in the whole of Sussex. Their jurisdiction covers the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. Their headquarters are in Malling House, Lewes, East Sussex. Hi ...

from 1996 to July 2018, before moving to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner. His initial role in the MPS was heading the Operations portfolio within

Met Operations Met Operations, also known as Met Ops, is one of the eight business groups which forms the Metropolitan Police Service and is responsible for providing operational support services. It was created during the 2018–19 restructuring of the service ...

, then from April 2021, that of Local Policing within Frontline Policing.

References

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