Nick Adderley

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Nick Adderley
Chief Constable of
Northamptonshire Police
In office
6 August 2018 -
Home SecretarySajid Javid
Priti Patel
CommissionerStephen Mold
Preceded bySimon Edens
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Married
Children2[1]

Nick Adderley (b 1965) is a senior British police officer, currently serving as Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police.

Career[]

Adderley grew up in New Moston, Manchester and joined the Royal Navy in 1981. He then joined Cheshire Constabulary[2][3] as a Police Constable and worked his way up to the rank of Superintendent and left the Constabulary in 2010.

He then took a break from the Police Service but continued public sector work in the Home Office for two years, then joined Greater Manchester Police (GMP) at his previous police rank of Superintendent.[4]

Within the GMP, he was promoted to Chief Superintendent in August 2011, just over a year after he returned to policing.[5][6][7] In September 2013, he became the territorial commander of the North Manchester Division;[8] although keeping the same rank it was a more senior role managing over 1400 officers covering the City of Manchester, Cheetham Hill, Blackley, Newton Heath, Moston and surrounding areas.

In 2015 he was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable at Staffordshire Police after completing his Strategic Command Course.[9][10]

As of 6 August 2018, Adderley became Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police.[11][12]

He is also the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) National Lead for Disclosure and Safeguarding as well as Motorcycling and Criminal Use of Motorcycles.[4] Adderley is soon to be the NPCC role regarding e-scooters.

In 2019 Adderley was involved in the investigation of the death of Harry Dunn in a motor-cycle crash, where a suspect, the wife of a U.S. intelligence officer, claimed diplomatic immunity and left the United Kingdom. Adderley tweeted adversely on the parents decision to sue the suspect in the U.S. civil courts, prompting the parents to call on Adderley to resign. The parents referred Northamptonshire Police to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. The Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold spoke to Adderley about the tweet and said that the force's communications should "remain professional and sensitive".[13][14]

In April 2020, Adderley was rebuked by Home Secretary Priti Patel after controversial comments regarding his department's response to coronavirus received wide media attention. He had stated at a press conference that while his police would not, "at this stage, start to marshal supermarkets and [check] the items in baskets and trolleys to see whether it's a legitimate necessary item", that if people did not heed his warnings, "we will start to do that". Patel declared that his comments had been "inappropriate". Adderley subsequently backed away from the threatened policing shift.[15][16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nick Adderley Biography". Northamptonshire County Council. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Database to hit bogus calls". Crewe Chronicle. Reach PLC. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Police give out warning to troublemaking party-goers". CheshireLive. Reach PLC. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Chief Constable Nick Adderley". Northamptonshire Police. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Hundreds pay tribute to murdered officers". The Times. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. ^ Lewis, Jamie (27 May 2012). "Manchester police make four arrests after man is shot dead in pub". Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. ^ Keeling, Neal (30 September 2014). "Police chief pledges review into poor response to attempted child abduction call". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  8. ^ Keeling, Neal (25 January 2014). "Axe to fall on more top police posts". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  9. ^ Britton, Paul (18 November 2015). "Manchester police chief Nick Adderley appointed assistant chief constable of Staffordshire Police". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Nick Adderley confirmed as new Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police. | Office of Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner". Office of Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  11. ^ "New Chief Constable for Northamptonshire". ITV News. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Counter Terror Expert Now Northants Top Cop". Heart. Global Media & Entertainment. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  13. ^ Davies, Gareth (31 October 2019). "British police interview Anne Sacoolas over death of Harry Dunn". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  14. ^ Dowd, Lisa (31 October 2019). "Harry Dunn: Chief constable criticised for 'sad but predictable' tweet". Sky News. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Coronavirus: Priti Patel blasts police chief's 'inappropriate' threat to check trolleys for 'legitimate' shopping". PoliticsHome. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Coronavirus: Police chief forced to back down after threat to search shopping". The Times. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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