Police chief back as boss
A former deputy Chief Constable of the West Midlands is to be Staffordshire police's new Chief Constable.
The county police authority today said Christopher Sims will start as Chief Constable David Swift retires.
Mr Sims, aged 48, is deputy chief executive and director of policing policy and practice at the National Policing Improvement Agency, London, – responsible for research and evaluation, doctrine development and assisted implementation and portfolio management.
Before joining the NPIA in November 2006 he was West Midlands Deputy Chief Constable for three years – included secondment to Nottinghamshire as strategic advisor.
He has a strong operational background having overseen numerous major investigations, run pro-active corruption investigations and has extensive public order experience.
He worked in the Staffordshire force for five years in the professional standards unit, establishing the performance development team, working in CID at HQ in Stafford and a short time as divisional commander at Wombourne before taking up the role of divisional commander at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
He left in March 1999 to be West Midlands Assistant Chief Constable.
"I look forward to maintaining Staffordshire's strong level of performance and particularly focusing on the services it provides to local people," he said.
"Staffordshire has been my home for the past 12 years, my two daughters, aged 22 and 23, and son ,18, have been raised here and I cannot think of anywhere that I would rather live."
Mr Swift, Chief Constable since the retirement of John Giffard in April 2006, is due to retire in March next year.
