John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, (born 21 October 1942) is the former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (top person in the Metropolitan Police Service) from 2000 until 2005. He was made Deputy Commissioner of the Met in 1998 until his promotion to Commissioner in 2000.[1][2] He was a writer for the News of the World, for £7,000 an article, until he left it as the hacking scandal happened.[3]


The Lord Stevens
of Kirkwhelpington

Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
24 May 2005
Life Peerage
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
In office
1 January 2000 – 31 December 2004
DeputySir Ian Blair
Preceded bySir Paul Condon
Succeeded bySir Ian Blair
Personal details
Born
John Arthur Stevens

(1942-10-21) 21 October 1942 (age 81)
ProfessionPolice officer; head of the Metropolitan Police Service (2000–2005)

He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.[4]

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References

  1. London gets a new chief of police. The Irish Times. 27 August 1999. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/london-gets-a-new-chief-of-police-1.220801. Retrieved 24 June 2021. 
  2. John Stevens: The Guv'nor. The Independent. 9 September 2006. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-stevens-the-guv-nor-427706.html. Retrieved 24 June 2021. 
  3. News of the World Paid Former Police Chief $11,000 Per Article. Bloomberg News. 6 March 2012. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-03-06/news-of-the-world-paid-former-police-chief-11-000-per-article. Retrieved 24 June 2021. 
  4. "Contact information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 24 June 2021.