Rose Mary Fitzpatrick CBE QPM (born c. 1960) is a retired British police officer.
Rose Fitzpatrick | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chief Constable Territorial Policing, Police Scotland | |
| In office 2012–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rose Mary Fitzpatrick c. 1960 London, England |
Fitzpatrick was born in London and began her career in the City.[1] In 1987, at the age of 27, she joined the City of London Police as a constable[2] and rose through the uniformed ranks to the rank of chief inspector.[2] In 1993, she served as an exchange officer with Suffolk Constabulary,[3] and in 1995 she was attached as a staff officer to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.[2][3]
In 1998, she transferred to the Metropolitan Police as a superintendent in charge of operational policing in Whitechapel,[3] and the following year took responsibility for operational policing in the whole of Tower Hamlets.[3][1][2] In February 2000, she was promoted to chief superintendent and took over as borough commander of Tower Hamlets.[3][4][2] She was promoted to commander in November 2002[3] and headed a team working with the Home Office and Department for Constitutional Affairs to implement police and criminal justice reform, including the introduction of safer neighbourhood teams.[2] She then took command of operational policing in North West London.[2]
She was promoted to deputy assistant commissioner in August 2005 as head of the new Diversity and Citizen Focus Command.[2] She served as DAC Territorial Policing and in 2009 was temporary Assistant Commissioner Territorial Policing. She then became DAC Corporate Development before retiring in 2012,[5] but four weeks later joined the new Police Scotland in 2012 as deputy chief constable in charge of territorial policing.[1][6]
Fitzpatrick was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2007 New Year Honours[7] and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to law and order.[8]
She retired from Police Scotland in June 2018[9] and was appointed to chair the Scottish Government's new National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group.[10] There was controversy when it emerged that the Scottish Police Authority had paid her a total of £67,000 in relocation expenses and footed a £53,000 tax bill during her service.[11][12]
Fitzpatrick's husband is Scottish. They have two daughters.[1]
Footnotes
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "MPA appoints new Deputy Assistant Commissioner to the Metropolitan Police Service", Metropolitan Police Authority, 8 August 2005
- ^ a b c d e f "MPA appiints new commanders to Metropolitan Police", 15 November 2002
- ^ "Security profile spring 2017: DCC Rose Fitzpatrick, Police Scotland", City Security, 2017
- ^ "Moving along: Top women exit 'male dominated' Met", The Times, 27 July 2012
- ^ "Police Scotland's four new Deputy Chief Constables", The Edinburgh Reporter, 4 December 2012
- ^ "No. 58196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1996. p. 26.
- ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2017. p. B8.
- ^ "Police Scotland deputy chief constable set to retire", STV News, 27 February 2018
- ^ "60 second interview with Rose Fitzpatrick", Safer Communities Scotland, 13 February 2019
- ^ "Former police chief hit by expenses row given new Government role", The Herald, 10 August 2018
- ^ "Police chief asked for expenses 'in cash'", BBC News, 16 March 2018