Mike Bowron is the Chief Constable of City of London Police. Mr Bowron was promoted to the rank of Assistant Chief Constable in Kent in September 1997. For the first year he held the Personnel Training portfolio followed by two years as A.C.C. Area Operations. For the final 2 years he held the Central Operations Crime portfolio. Mr Bowron began his policing career with Sussex Constabulary in 1980. Between 1991 and 1994 Mr Bowron was part of a Foreign and Commonwealth Office working party helping to reform the police in Czechoslovakia. In 2000 he was posted to the British Embassy in Jakarta for six months and was given responsibility for separating the Indonesian National Police from the Military and carrying out a thorough reorganisation to meet the needs of the new democracy. In 1990 he was attached to the European Unit at NSY researching the implications of a Europe without frontiers, where he was promoted to Chief Inspector. He returned to Sussex in 1991 where he took up the post of Chief Inspector Operations at Brighton. This was followed 9 months later by promotion to Superintendent at Worthing where he stayed as Divisional Commander for 3 years. In 1994 he became Head of the Force Inspectorate. In 1995 Mr Bowron attended the Strategic Command Course at the Police Staff College, Bramshill, and is a graduate of its Special Course. He holds an Upper Second Honours Degree in Sociology from Sussex University. Mr Bowron is a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers' ACPO and sits on the ACPO Cabinet. Mr Bowron leads on the ACPO Media Advisory Group MAG and has been the lead media spokesperson for Chief Officers on national matters including, the Iraq war and Fire Brigade strikes.
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