Matthew Jonathan Jukes is a senior British police officer who is currently serving as the

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for the Metropolitan Police Service. He previously served as Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations of the Metropolitan Police Service. Jukes has also previously held the rank of Chief Constable at

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Career

Jukes graduated with a BA degree in Mathematics from

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in 1995, and shortly afterwards joined

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as a PC. He worked as a detective and in other roles from 1997 to 2006, including representing UK policing at G8 meetings and time with the precursor of the

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, and was also praised for his conduct during the

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South Wales Police (2010–2020)

He moved to

in 2010 as an

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, rising to become its Chief Constable in January 2018, also being awarded a

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in the

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that year. Jukes was awarded an honorary fellowship by

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for achieving international distinction.

Metropolitan Police Service (2020–present)

In November 2020 he moved to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) as an Assistant Commissioner, succeeding Mark Simmons and initially with a remit for the MPS's transformation programme. As of 7 October 2024, Jukes was Head of Counter Terrorism Policing at the Met. As of June 2025 he was Head of the Counter Terrorism Coordination Committee, also. In May 2025, it was announced he would take on the role of Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, after Dame Lynne Owens announced her retirement in February 2025; he was confirmed substantively in that rank in May of the same year.

Honours

Jukes has been awarded the following honours:

Notes

References

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