Hugh Orde

Sir Hugh Stephen Orde OBE is the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

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Hugh Orde joined London's Metropolitan Police Service in 1977. He rose quickly through the ranks, becoming Superintendent in the Territorial Support Group. Later, as Commander responsible for the service's Community Safety and Partnership section, Orde took part in the latter phase of the enquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence and its subsequent handling by the police.

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Later Orde (by then a Deputy Assistant Commissioner) was assigned to the senior staff of the Stevens Report which investigated government collusion in sectarian murders in Northern Ireland. He was awarded an OBE in 2001.

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Hugh Orde was appointed Chief Constable of the PSNI (which replaced the Royal Ulster Constabulary) on 29 May 2002, taking over from Acting Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn.

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Chief Constable: Chief Constable is the title given to the commanding officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except the two responsible for Greater London. As there are fifty six police forces in the United Kingdom, a chief constable is typically responsible for the policing of an area with ...

Police Service of Northern Ireland: The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is the police service that covers Northern Ireland. It is the successor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary and was created on Sunday, November 4 2001, as a result of a Policing Review set up under the Belfast Agreement. This agreement, which helped to end ...

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