Andrew Cooke QPM will take up the posts on Monday 12 April
2021.
Mr Cooke has been appointed to take up the dual roles of
Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Inspector of
Fire and Rescue Authorities in England, overseeing
inspections primarily in the North of England.
Mr Cooke has worked in UK policing and law enforcement for
nearly 36 years, where the majority of his service has been
with Merseyside Police. He served at every rank with the
force, being appointed to Chief Constable in 2017.
During that time he also served as Assistant Chief
Constable at Lancashire Constabulary for a period and
became the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for
the United Kingdom Protected Persons Service.
In 2019 he became the national lead for Crime Operations.
Mr Cooke has also been commended on 10 occasions and was
awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in 2014.
Mr Cooke said:
Although I am leaving what has been for me a vocational
career as a serving police officer in an exceptional
police force, I am proud to have been appointed by Her
Majesty to the Inspectorate.
I look forward to working with my new colleagues and both
the police and fire services to further improve public
safety.
Mr Cooke was selected following a stringent recruitment
process, which followed the Office of the Commissioner for
Public Appointments (OCPA) Code of Practice.
The selection panel was led by an independent chair, Olivia
Grant OBE, and also included a Home Office Non-Executive
Director (Michael Fuller QPM), a senior civil servant and
Sir Thomas Winsor, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and
Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities in England.
HMICFRS inspectors are then appointed by HM The Queen on
the advice of the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister.
