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Stephen James Kavanagh, QPM, DL is a British retired senior police officer. He served as Chief Constable of
Essex Police
Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the East of England. Essex Police is responsible for a population of over 1.8 million people and an area of .
The chief constable is Ben-Julian Harri ...
from May 2013 until his retirement in October 2018 after 33 years of service. He started his policing career with the Metropolitan Police Service, where he worked in homicide
Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no inten ...
and counter-terrorism
Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that Government, governments, law enforcement, business, and Intelligence agency, intellig ...
, and rose to Deputy Assistant Commissioner. In 2017, he reached the final four candidates in consideration to be the next Metropolitan Police Commissioner, but lost out to Cressida Dick
Dame Cressida Rose Dick (born 16 October 1960) is a British retired senior police officer who served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2017 to 2022. She is both the first female and first openly homosexual officer to lead the M ...
.
Honours
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kavanagh, Stephen Living people British Chief Constables Deputy Lieutenants of Essex Metropolitan Police chief officers English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Year of birth missing (living people) category:Chief Constables of Essex Police