National Police Chiefs' Council

The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) is the peak national coordination body for law enforcement in the United Kingdom and the representative body for British police chief officers. Established on 1 April 2015, it replaces the former Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), following the Parker Review of the operations of ACPO commissioned by Police and Crime Commissioners which recommended its replacement.

The NPCC is underpinned by a legal agreement signed by chief constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and non-Home Office police force equivalentsunder Section 22A of the Police Act 1996. It is hosted by the Metropolitan Police Service but independent of it and operates via funding and national collaboration.

The current Chief of the National Police Chiefs’ Council is Chief Constable Sara Thornton, CBE, QPM, the former Chief Constable of the Thames Valley Police.

The NPCC was established on 1 April 2015 as the replacement organisation of the Association of Chief Police Officers. In 2010, the Cameron Government announced a series of police reforms including local accountability through Police and Crime Commissioners, the creation of the National Crime Agency and the College of Policing. In 2013, the PCCs commissioned General Sir Nick Parker to review the services that ACPO provided and make recommendations about the requirements of a national policing body following the fundamental changes in policing. In 2014, a group of chief officers and PCCs began working together to implement the Parker Review’s recommendations and develop a national body. Chief officers voted in support of the proposals developed by this group in July 2014. Chief Constable Sara Thornton was appointed to chair the NPCC on December 2 2014. ACPO was closed down on March 31 2015.

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