- Bernard Hogan-Howe
Bernard Hogan-Howe is a British
police officer . He is the currentChief Constable ofMerseyside Police .cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6396229.stm |title='Evict gun thugs' families' call |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format=HTML |work=BBC News ]Before joining Merseyside, Hogan-Howe worked as District Commander of the Doncaster west area, serving with
South Yorkshire Police . In 1997, he joined Merseyside Police as Assistant Chief Constable of Community Affairs, moving onto area operations in 1999. Hogan-Howe then joined the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner of Human Resources, in July 2001.cite web |url=http://www.mpa.gov.uk/news/press/2001/01-022.htm |title=MPA appoints two Assistant Commissioners: DAC Tarique Ghaffur and ACC Bernard Hogan-Howe |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format=HTML |work=Metropolitan Police Authority website] He was appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside Police on25 September 2004 .Hogan-Howe has called for a "total war on crime" and has argued that the
Health and Safety case which was successfully brought against theMetropolitan Police after the de Menezes shooting has restricted the police in their work.cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3000981.ece |title=No more brave policemen |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format=HTML |work=Times online] He has also called for a review of the decision to downgradecannabis from a class B to a class C drug.cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/cannabis-is-wrecking-lives-says-public-school-head-443822.html |title=Cannabis is wrecking lives, says public school head |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format=HTML |work=The Independent ]Hogan-Howe was born in
Sheffield . He has an MA in Law fromOxford University , a diploma in applied criminology and an MBA fromSheffield University .He is a Board Member of The Mersey Partnership.
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* [http://www.merseyside.police.uk/html/aboutus/Whos%20Who/BHH.htm Merseyside Police - Chief Constable Bernard Hogan-Howe]
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