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RESOURCES DIRECTORATE Corporate Support and Information Services – Data Protection Police Headquarters, Saunders Lane, Hutton, Preston PR4 5SB Tel: 01772 413327 Fax: 01772 412123 Email: [email protected]

Dennis Fallon

Via email:[email protected]

28/07/2010

Dear Mr Fallon

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPLICATION REFERENCE NO: 2598/10

Thank you for your request for information received by Lancashire Constabulary on the 16/07/2010, which was as follows:-

I would appreciate knowing the names of the people who have held the position of Chief Constable and Deputy Chief Constable, plus their period in post, between 1990 to the present time.

Your request has now been considered and the information relating to people who have held the position of Chief Constable and Deputy Chief Constable between 1990 to current date, including period in the post is shown in the table below:-

Rank Name From - To

Chief Constable Robert Brian Johnson Mar 1983 – Jul 1995

Pauline Clare July 1995 – Jul 2002

Paul Stephenson Jul 2002 – Mar 2005

Stephen Finnigan Mar 2005 – Current date

Deputy Chief Constable Michael Prunty Jun 1987 – Apr 1995

Derek McNamara Apr 1995 – Jan 1996

Gerald O’Connell Jan 1996 – Sept 1998

David Smith Sept 1998 – Apr 1999

Paul Stephenson May 1999 – Jul 2002

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Stephen Finnigan Jul 2002 – Feb 2005

Julia Hodson Feb 2005 – Nov 2005

Adrian McAllister Nov 2005 – Aug 2007

Michael Cunningham Aug 2007 – Sept 2009

Wendy Walker Sept 2009 – Nov 2009

Christopher Weigh Nov 2009 – Current date

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our decision, you should write to the Data Protection and Information Officer, Corporate Support and Information Services – Data Protection, Police Headquarters, Saunders Lane, Hutton, Preston PR4 5SB or alternatively send an email to [email protected]. Details of the Constabulary’s Freedom of Information Complaint Procedures can be found attached to this email.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner’s Office cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Lancashire Constabulary. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Jackie Greenhalgh Freedom of Information Disclosure Assistant

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