Peter Ryan (police commissioner)
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Peter Ryan QPM BA MSc |
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| 19th Commissioner of New South Wales Police | |
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In office 30 August 1996 – 17 April 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Lauer |
| Succeeded by | Ken Moroney |
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18 May 1944 Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara (1965–1974; divorced) Adrienne Butterworth (1985–2011; divorced. Note separated c.2005-2011) |
| Alma mater | Macquarie University |
Peter James Ryan, QPM (born 18 May 1944) is a former British police officer, who was the Commissioner of New South Wales Police in Australia from 1996 to 2002. His appointment was controversial and he resigned two years early.
Ryan was born in 1944 in Lancaster, Lancashire to Laurence and Maureen Ryan.
Ryan joined Lancashire Constabulary on 16 January 1961 as a police cadet. He completed the training course at Bruche Police National Training Centre in 1963, and on 19 May was given his first posting as a probationer in Little Hulton on the outskirts of Manchester. In 1968, Ryan was one of the first intake of police officers into the new University of Lancaster, and upon graduation with a Bachelor of Arts he was promoted to Sergeant, and in 1973 was promoted to Inspector stationed at the Lancashire's headquarters in Preston.
Ryan joined the Metropolitan Police Service in London, and was Chief Superintendent at Chelsea Police Station during the Harrods bombing in December 1983.
He was Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and was the first National Director of Police Training at the Police Staff College, Bramshill prior to his appointment to the New South Wales Police in Australia.
Peter Ryan was recruited to the Commissioner's position from an international pool of applicants following the controversial Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service (Wood Royal Commission) into police corruption that ran from 1995 to 1997. He was appointed by the New South Wales Labor Premier Bob Carr. Ryans appointment proved controversial.
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