New DCC at Thames Valley
Monday, 10 November, 2008
Francis Habgood has been appointed as Deputy Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. He succeeds Alex Marshall who has been selected as the new Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary.
Mr Habgood, 43, joined Thames Valley Police in 2004 on promotion to Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) Specialist Operations and recently moved to the role of ACC Local Policing.
He previously served with West Yorkshire Police, which he joined in 1987; he was heavily involved with community safety and led on West Yorkshire's response to the Macpherson report. Before he moved to Thames Valley he was the Basic Command Unit Commander in North West Leeds.
Mr Habgood has taken the lead in Thames Valley on numerous high profile operations. These include Operation Haul, which saw an organised criminal network jailed for 49 years for the burglary of country houses, theft of valuable metals and theft of ATMs containing thousands of pounds worth of cash.
He has also been the Thames Valley lead in many of the most recent high profile terrorist incidents involving the Force.
