Strathclyde Police
Stephen House is the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police. As the most senior police officer within Strathclyde Police, Chief Constable Stephen House has overall responsibility for operational policy, internal administration and Force efficiency. Mr House was born in Glasgow, where he lived until his family moved south in 1968. He returned to Scotland to study at Aberdeen University before joining Sussex Police in 1981. He was a constable in Brighton for most of his early service and policed the Brighton Grand Hotel bombing and the miners' strike. He was promoted to sergeant on transfer to Northamptonshire Police in 1988. On promotion to the rank of inspector, he worked as staff officer to the chief constable. He was later a chief inspector at the force headquarters and at division in Kettering and Wellingborough. In 1994, he transferred to West Yorkshire Police where he worked firstly as a superintendent in the performance unit and then as divisional commander in Central Bradford for three years. He attended the Senior Command Course at Bramshill in 1997, and in the following year was appointed assistant chief constable in Staffordshire. While there he was responsible for territorial policing and latterly specialist services. Mr House joined the Metropolitan Police Service in December 2001 as deputy assistant commissioner. Initially he worked in Policy Reviews and Standards and moved to Territorial Policing in early 2003. He was appointed assistant commissioner Central Operations in January 2005 setting up the new business group from scratch. In 2006, he was asked to take command of the Specialist Crime Directorate with responsibility for Homicide and other serious crime Organised crime Criminal networks Intelligence and covert policing Child protection Economic crime Drugs Gun crime International crime In 2007, Mr House was appointed Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police. Mr House was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in 2005. He is married to Caroline and they have three children.
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