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Articles by: Sir Peter Fahy

Political ‘reform’ of policing has failed to address the ‘endemic poison’ within the service’s culture

22nd February 2022

Sir Peter Fahy, former Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police

OPINION: Former Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy believes that many of the ‘reforms’ of policing over the past 20 years – including the introduction of PCCs and the College of Policing, and the closure of the Police Leadership College – have weakened the service’s ability to develop long-term strategies or a professional independent voice, and failed to address the deeply embedded issues of misogyny and racism in police culture.

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Sir Peter Fahy was a police officer for 34 years, serving in five different forces and retiring in 2015 after seven years as Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, with national responsibility for workforce development, the Special Constabulary and the Prevent Programme. He continues to have an interest in counter-extremism, community cohesion and race and diversity, and is a member of the US Police Executive Research Forum. Since leaving the police he has taken on senior roles for a number of charities, including Director of Structural Change for the street children charity Retrak and modern slavery charity Hope for Justice, chair of Plus Dane Housing Association and the National Housing Federation Refugee Network, founder and chair of the community cohesion charity We Stand Together, and trustee of Care of Police Survivors and Redeeming Our Communities.