Current Chief Constables (United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and British Territories)
The table below lists the chief constables of British police forces as of September 2011.
| Police force | Chief constable |
|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset Constabulary | Colin Port (To Reitre) |
| Bedfordshire Police | Alfred Hitchcock |
| British Transport Police | Andrew Trotter |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | Simon Parr |
| Cheshire Constabulary | David Whatton |
| City of London Police | Adrian Leppard (Commissioner) |
| Civil Nuclear Constabulary | Richard Thompson |
| Cleveland Police | Jacqui Cheer (Acting) |
| Cumbria Constabulary | Bernard Lawson (Acting) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | Mick Creedon |
| Devon and Cornwall Constabulary | Shaun Sawyer (Temp) |
| Dorset Police | Martin Baker |
| Durham Constabulary | Jon Stoddart |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | Ian Arundale |
| Essex Police | Jim Barker-McCardle |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | Mick Matthews(Temp) (Due to Leave) |
| Greater Manchester Police | Peter Fahy |
| Gwent Police | Carmel Napier |
| Hampshire Constabulary | Alex Marshall (Due to leave for the College of Policing) |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | Andy Bliss |
| Humberside Police | Tim Hollis |
| Isle of Man Constabulary | Mike Langdon |
| Kent Police | Ian Learmonth |
| Lancashire Constabulary | Steve Finnigan |
| Leicestershire Constabulary | Simon Cole |
| Lincolnshire Police | Neil Rhodes |
| Merseyside Police | Jon Murphy |
| Metropolitan Police | Bernard Hogan-Howe (Commissioner) |
| Ministry of Defence Police | Steve Love |
| Norfolk Constabulary | Phil Gormley |
| North Wales Police | Mark Polin |
| Northamptonshire Police | Adrian Lee |
| Northumbria Police | Sue Sim |
| North Yorkshire | Tim Madgwick(Temp) |
| Nottinghamshire Police | Julia Hodson |
| South Wales Police | Peter Vaughan |
| South Yorkshire Police | David Crompton |
| Sovereign Base Areas Police | David Kelly |
| Staffordshire Police | Mike Cunningham |
| States of Guernsey Police Service | Patrick Rice (Chief Officer) |
| States of Jersey Police | Mike Bowron (Chief Officer) |
| Suffolk Constabulary | Simon Ash (To Retire) |
| Surrey Police | Lynne Owens |
| Sussex Police | Martin Richards |
| Thames Valley Police | Sara Thornton |
| Warwickshire Police | Andy Parker |
| West Mercia Police | David Shaw |
| West Midlands Police | Chris Sims |
| West Yorkshire Police | Vacant (formerly Sir Norman Bettison) |
| Wiltshire Constabulary | Patrick Geenty (Acting) |
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