Sara Thornton (police officer)
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Sara Thornton CBE QPM |
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| Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council | |
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Assumed office April 2015 |
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| Preceded by |
Sir Hugh Orde (as Chair of the ACPO) |
| Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police | |
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In office 2007–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Neyroud |
| Succeeded by | Francis Habgood |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 December 1962 Poole, Dorset, England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
Durham University University of Cambridge |
| Awards |
Queen's Police Medal (2006) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2011) |
Sara Joanne Thornton, CBE, QPM (born 27 December 1962) is a British police officer who is the first head of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and the former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police and Vice President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). She is the second consecutive head of the Thames Valley Police to move onto leadership of a national policing body; at Thames Valley she replaced former Chief Constable Peter Neyroud who, in January 2007, moved to the role of Chief Executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency.
Thornton was born on 27 December 1962 in Poole, Dorset. She attended the University of Durham and gained a BA in philosophy and politics. Thornton also has a Diploma in Applied Criminology from the Cambridge Institute of Criminology.
Thornton's policing career began with the Metropolitan Police in 1986. For the next 14 years she alternated between operational postings in West London and strategic roles within New Scotland Yard. She joined Thames Valley Police as the Assistant Chief Constable for Specialist Operations in November 2000 and was appointed Deputy Chief Constable in August 2003, where her responsibilities included performance and developing the strategic direction for the Force. More recently she has played a pivotal role in implementing Neighbourhood Policing across the Thames Valley.
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