Hugh Orde

Infobox Person
name = Sir Hugh Orde


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birth_date = 27 August 1958
birth_place = London
death_date =
death_place =
other_names = Hugh
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office = Chief Constable of The Police Service of Northern Ireland
occupation = Chief Constable
nationality = British

Sir Hugh Stephen Orde, OBE, is the 2nd Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

Hugh Orde joined London's Metropolitan Police Service in 1977. He rose quickly through the ranks, becoming Superintendent in the Territorial Support Group. Later, as Commander responsible for the service's Community Safety and Partnership section, Orde took part in the latter phase of the enquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence and its subsequent handling by the police.

Later Orde (by then a Deputy Assistant Commissioner) was assigned to the senior staff of the Stevens Report which investigated government collusion in sectarian murders in Northern Ireland. He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2001.

Hugh Orde was appointed Chief Constable of the PSNI (which replaced the Royal Ulster Constabulary) on 29 May 2002, taking over from Acting Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn.

Sir Hugh is also the director of the Police National Assessment Centre.

Orde (who remains married) was in February 2007 revealed as the father of an illegitimate 16-month-old boy whose mother is an undercover detective in the Metropolitan Police with whom he had a long running relationship. [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0211/breaking27.htm]

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