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Lord Hogan-Howe awarded Honorary Doctorate for outstanding police career

Lord Hogan-Howe awarded Honorary Doctorate for outstanding police career

  • Date13 Dec 2022
  • Reading time 1min

Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Department of Law and Criminology in the School of Law and Social Science at Royal Holloway, University of London, on 13 December 2022, for his outstanding career in policing.

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From left to right: Professor Matthew Humphreys, Principal Julie Sanders, David Williams, Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe,Students’ Union Vice President Education Shrijeet Shrey, Professor Robert Jago, Jonathan Pymm

Lord Hogan-Howe has an exceptional police career culminating in his appointment as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 2011-2017. 

He was born in Sheffield in 1957 and began his police career with South Yorkshire Police in 1979 and held increasing senior positions in that force, Merseyside Police and the Metropolitan Police.

He was appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside Police in 2004 and moved to become one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary in 2009, before taking the top job at the Metropolitan Police in 2011.

Lord Hogan-Howe has championed evidence-based development of policing policy and processes and encouraged academic research.

He has brought considerable academic skills to his profession and was identified as a high-flier during his days at South Yorkshire Police and selected to study for a MA degree in Law at Merton College, University of Oxford.

He later went on to gain a postgraduate diploma in Applied Criminology from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from the University of Sheffield.

Lord Hogan-Howe said: “I am very proud that such a distinguished London university has chosen to honour my time as Commissioner in this way. It really pays respect to the Metropolitan Police who, every day, strive to keep the people of London and our visitors safe.”

Lord Hogan-Howe is a keen horseman and supporter of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and currently has a small number of charity and consultancy roles.

His achievements have been recognised with the Queen’s Police Medal in 2003, his knighthood in 2013 and elevation to the peerage in 2017.

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