Mark Rowley
Sir Mark Peter Rowley is a British senior police officer who has been the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022.
Some of the key events about Mark Rowley
- 1987Joined Surrey Police as a constable
- 2000Became a Detective Chief Inspector
- 2003Appointed as Chief Superintendent in charge of policing for West Surrey
- 2008Promoted to Assistant Chief Constable for Surrey Police
- 2009Joined the Metropolitan Police Service as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner
- 2011Appointed as the national lead for counter-terrorism policing
- 2014Awarded the Queen's Police Medal for distinguished service
- 2014Faced criticism for the Metropolitan Police's handling of undercover policing operations and relationships
- 2016Appointed as Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations at the Metropolitan Police
- 2017Oversaw controversial facial recognition technology trials in London, raising privacy concerns
- 2018Knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to policing
- 2018Criticized for the police response to the Extinction Rebellion protests in London
- 2019Faced backlash for comments suggesting that far-right extremism was a lesser threat than Islamist terrorism
- 2022Appointed as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
- 2022Received criticism for the Metropolitan Police's initial reluctance to investigate Downing Street lockdown parties
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