Martin Hewitt (police officer)

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Martin Hewitt
QPM
File:National Policing Board 2019 (Martin Hewitt cropped).jpg
Hewitt in 2019
Chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council
In office
March 2019 – March 2023
Preceded by Sara Thornton
Succeeded by Gavin Stephens
Personal details
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Martin James Hewitt, QPM (born 23 March 1966) is a senior British police officer, who has served as Chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council since May 2019.

Early life and education

Hewitt was born on 23 March 1966 in London, England. He was educated at the Salesian College, Battersea, an all-boys Catholic grammar school in London.[1] He would later attend the University of Leicester, completing a postgraduate diploma in criminal justice studies in 2000.[2]

Hewitt's first career was in the military, serving in the British Army for seven years.[3] Having attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on 11 April 1987.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant on 11 April 1989.[5] He was transferred to the reserve of officers on 31 January 1993, thereby ending his active service.[6]

Police career

Hewitt moved to the police, joining Kent Police in 1993 and transferring to the Metropolitan Police in 2005. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2014.[7] He was the Metropolitan Police's Assistant Commissioner (Professionalism) until April 2016, when he became Assistant Commissioner (Territorial Policing).[8] That role was renamed Assistant Commissioner Frontline Policing in 2018,[9] and he held it until the end of that year.

He had been deputy chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) since 2015. He took up his role as chair of the NPCC in April 2019, succeeding Sara Thornton,[10] and with Mark Simmons succeeding him as Assistant Commissioner Frontline Policing.[11] He has also led national-level police responses to kidnap and adult sexual offences. His first interview, in January 2020, as head of the NPCC lays out his approach.[12] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he spoke as part of the government's team for daily briefings.[13]

Personal life

Hewitt is divorced, with three children.[12]

Honours

Queens Police Medal for Merit.png General Service Medal 1962 BAR.svg UNFICYP Medal bar.svg
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png 100px 100px Police Long Service and Good Conduct ribbon.png

Ribbon Description Notes
Queens Police Medal for Merit.png Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

2014
General Service Medal 1962 BAR.svg General Service Medal

With "Northern Ireland" clasp
UNFICYP Medal bar.svg UNFICYP

90 Days service with peacekeeping mission in Cyprus
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

2002; UK Version
40px Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

2012; UK Version
50px Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

2022; UK Version
Police Long Service and Good Conduct ribbon.png Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

References

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  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 50965. p. . 15 June 1987.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51696. p. . 10 April 1989.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53211. p. . 8 February 1993.
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Police appointments
Preceded by Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council
2019 to 2023		 Succeeded by
Gavin Stevens
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