Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert
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The Right Honourable The Lord Imbert CVO QPM DL |
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| Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police | |
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In office 1 January 1987 – 31 December 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Kenneth Newman |
| Succeeded by | Sir Paul Condon |
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Peter Michael Imbert 27 April 1933 |
| Profession | Police officer |
Peter Michael Imbert, Baron Imbert, CVO, QPM, DL (born 27 April 1933) was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1987 to 1993, and prior to that appointment Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police from 1979 to 1985.
He was the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London until 2008. He was made a Life peer as Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent in 1999, sitting as a crossbencher.
Born in Kent, Imbert was educated at the Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone, spent his National Service in the Royal Air Force Police and worked for a short time with Kent County Council, before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1953 at Bow Street Police Station.
In 1956, Imbert joined Special Branch, learning shorthand and Russian during his 17 years with the unit. In 1973, he was made deputy head of the Anti-Terrorist Branch, where he became an expert on European terrorist groups such as Baader-Meinhof, and gave lectures on hostage negotiation and counter-terrorism tactics.
On 6 December 1975, four members of the Provisional IRA barricaded themselves in a flat in Balcombe Street, Marylebone with two hostages. The men had been responsible for a wave of bombings in London, but had been intercepted by armed police while attacking a restaurant.
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