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====== Sir Paul Condon, Baron Condon ====== | ====== Sir Paul Condon, Baron Condon ====== | ||
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See vita at ->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Paul_Condon|wikipedia]], Extract: | See vita at ->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Paul_Condon|wikipedia]], Extract: | ||
Paul Leslie Condon, Baron Condon, Kt, QPM, DL, FRSA (born 10 March 1947) is a retired British police officer. He was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police** from 1993 to 2000**. | Paul Leslie Condon, Baron Condon, Kt, QPM, DL, FRSA (born 10 March 1947) is a retired British police officer. He was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police** from 1993 to 2000**. | ||
Condon read Jurisprudence at St Peter's College, Oxford and was made an **Honorary Fellow in 1996**. | Condon read Jurisprudence at St Peter's College, Oxford and was made an **Honorary Fellow in 1996**. | ||
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He became Chief Constable of Kent in **1988** and **Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1993** at the age of 45, the youngest person to do so. His tenure as head of the Metropolitan Police Service was marked by the **Stephen Lawrence case**, which became a major controversy. The subsequent public **Macpherson Report** found the force **to be //"institutionally racist"//** and that the failure to arrest and successfully prosecute those believed guilty brought about many changes in the way the Metropolitan Police investigated murder within the capital. | He became Chief Constable of Kent in **1988** and **Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1993** at the age of 45, the youngest person to do so. His tenure as head of the Metropolitan Police Service was marked by the **Stephen Lawrence case**, which became a major controversy. The subsequent public **Macpherson Report** found the force **to be //"institutionally racist"//** and that the failure to arrest and successfully prosecute those believed guilty brought about many changes in the way the Metropolitan Police investigated murder within the capital. |