Peter William Neyroud (UK)

Chief Constable Peter Neyroud is the first Chief Executive (Designate) of the National Policing Improvement Agency, a brand new UK body responsible for the national development and improvement of policing in the UK. As part of this role he is responsible for the development in policing in the UK, including the direction and development of research and evidence based practice.

He was formerly Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, the fifth largest police force in the UK with a population of over 2.2 million people, covering the areas of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire in South-East England.  He was Third Vice President of the UK's Association of Chief Police Officers and is currently a Member of the Sentencing Guidelines Council of England and Wales.  He has a particular interest in policing ethics, human rights in policing and criminal justice and is the author of numerous books and articles.  In January 2004 he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal and in April 2004 he was the recipient of the Police Executive Research Forum Gary P Hayes Award.