TRUST STAFF

HONORARY MEMBERS

Patron: Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary
Honorary President: The President of ACPO

Sir Ronnie (born 1949) joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1970 and served as a Constable and Sergeant in Belfast, spending time in uniformed and CID disciplines. On the promotion to the rank of Inspector in 1976, he was transferred to Londonderry and later Strabane where he experienced Border Policing; he also served in the Personnel Department. In 1982 he was appointed Detective Inspector in Special Branch and the following year, on promotion to Chief Inspector, was responsible for the selection, training and operational control of specialist uniformed anti-terrorist units. He was transferred to Armagh in 1987, on promotion to Detective Superintendent.

Following his promotion to Chief Superintendent in 1990 he was appointed to the Police Staff College at Bramshill as Director of the Intermediate Command Course and subsequently of the Senior Command Course, which is designed to prepare selected officers for Chief Officer rank. Returning to Northern Ireland in 1992 on appointment as Assistant Chief Constable, he headed Operations Department; in April 1993 he was appointed as Operational Commander for the Belfast region; and in August 1994 was appointed Head of Special Branch. In March 1995 he was appointed Acting Deputy Chief Constable, Support Services and formally appointed Deputy Chief Constable in February 1996, taking over Operations in April of that year. During 1996 he conducted a fundamental review of the structure and organisation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Sir Ronnie has travelled extensively in Europe and the United States to study policing methods. He has attended all the major courses, including the Senior Command Course at the Police Staff College at Bramshill. Holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in addition to a Master of Arts degree in Administrative and Legal Studies, he is also a graduate of the FBI Academy.

Sir Ronnie was awarded the OBE in Her Majesty' 1996 New Year Honours List; on 4 November of the same year he took up office as Chief Constable.
Sir Ronnie received a Knighthood in the New Year Honours List, December 1998.

On 31 March 2002, Sir Ronnie retired from the PSNI and on 1 April 2002 was appointed Her Majesty' Inspector of Constabulary for London and the East Region. He had responsibility for inspecting Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, City of London, Essex, Dorset, Hertfordshire, Metropolitan, Norfolk and Suffolk police forces; he also had responsibility for inspecting NCS and NCIS as well as the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency, UK Atomic Energy Authority Police, Guernsey, Jersey, the Sovereign Base in Cyprus and the Isle of Man. His portfolio responsibilities included Serious and Organised Crime, Military Liaison, Prison Liaison, Public Order, Terrorism, Ports and Special Branch and Officer Safety.

Sir Ronnie was awarded a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen' Birthday Honours List, 2002.
He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the New Year Honours List, December 2006.

A married man, he has three sons. His interests are reading - with a particular love of Yeat' poetry, music of all sorts, and sport - particularly rugby, which he played and coached at senior level.

Mr Jones was appointed full time President of ACPO in April 2006 for a period of three years.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Anthony was born in 1954 and is married with six children. He is an independent consultant specialising in all aspects of the Police Roll of Honour and the history of UK police officers killed in the line of duty and provides his services for the work of the Trust.

Anthony retired from the police service in October 2004 after 30 years service, having joined the Lancashire Constabulary in 1974 and has also seen service with the Metropolitan Police. He was promoted Sergeant in 1986 and passed the Inspector's qualifying examination; during 25 years on operational uniform duties he had a keen professional interest in officer safety issues and qualified and worked as a force public order instructor, an authorised firearms officer and a self-defence instructor. During his service he received 2 humane society awards and 5 Chief Constable's commendations, three for consistently good police work and two for bravery including once being highly commended. He is a member of the National Association of Retired Police Officers.

Anthony has a long-standing interest in police history and has been a member of the Police History Society since its inception. He has been researching the subject of police officers killed in the line of duty since 1983 when three of his colleagues were drowned on duty during an attempted sea rescue at Blackpool. With the aid of a grant from the Society he formed the National Police Officers Roll of Honour Project in 1995 and in 2000 he founded the Police Roll of Honour Trust as a registered charity.

He represented the Trust on the UK police service's steering group responsible for setting up the new National Police Memorial Day. At the inaugural service at St Paul's Cathedral in October 2004 his work on the National Police Officers Roll of Honour was published in the National Police Memorial Day souvenir brochure, which contained the first ever publication of the UK Police Roll of Honour, which he researched, compiled and wrote.

Anthony also produced the Roll of Honour for the new National Police Memorial, which has been built by the Police Memorial Trust on The Mall in London and at the dedication in April 2005 he was again honoured to be presented to Her Majesty The Queen.

On behalf of the Trust he continues to provide an updated Roll of Honour for the annual National Police Memorial Day and the National Police Memorial and maintains personal contact with over 300 Police Family Members who have lost a relative in the line of duty.

In February 2006 Anthony's son, Jack aged 11 years, died suddenly from an undiagnosed heart condition; this website is now dedicated to his memory.

Between 1982 and 1998 John served in the Merseyside Police Special Constabulary attaining the rank of Assistant Force Co-ordinator ('Deputy Chief Commandant'). In 1995, Merseyside Police nominated him for the Ferrer's Trophy (Home Office award). In 1991, he, along with his colleague Bill Piercy, formed the National Association of Special Constabulary Officers serving as its Secretary until 1997.

During his service in the Special Constabulary John started research into the 'deaths on duty' of Special Constables and other Police volunteers/reservists in . This research culminated in John compiling The Special Constabulary Book of Remembrance. The Book was dedicated at a service held at Coventry Cathedral (attended by HRH The Princess Royal and representatives from every Police Force) on 16 January 1994.

Whilst The Book is on permanent display at Coventry Cathedral John has continued his research. It was during his research that John became aware of and associated with Anthony Rae's work on the National Police Roll of Honour; Anthony's help, guidance and expert knowledge proved invaluable to The Book being compiled. John is pleased to be continuing this line of work for the whole police service

John was born in1958 and is married with five children. He has 25 years service with Lancashire and for many years he has been a resident rural constable at Chipping and Ribchester, he is also a qualified force public order instructor.

He has received 3 Chief Constable's commendations for good police work and a humane society award for bravery and has won several awards for his community policing work. John is chairman of two local organisations in Chipping and has been associated with Anthony's work since the early days.

He was a founding member of the Trust and from 2000-2001 he was the elected Chairman of the Trust.

RESEARCH ADVISORS

Richard ABBOTT QPM

Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Researcher & Advisor on Irish Police Forces - RIC/USC/RUC

Richard was born in 1957 in Northern Ireland and is married with three children. He was first appointed to the Royal Ulster Constabulary as a Cadet in 1974. During his service he has received seven Chief Constable's commendations and twice has been highly commended.

He has been an active member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Historical Society for 17 years, the last 7 as its Treasurer. A keen researcher, he has ensured that police casualties caused by political violence in Ireland during the 1919- 1922 period have not been forgotten, with the publication of a book on the subject in 1999 which received widespread acclaim for its meticulous research and even handed approach.

A tireless worker in the field of welfare, he was on the organising committee which in 2002 helped to raise £250,000 for the RUC Benevolent Fund. In the 2002 New Years Honours List Her Majesty the Queen honoured him with the award of the Queens Police Medal for services to the police especially relating to his work for police charities.

Richard researched and compiled the names for the Roll of Honour for the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Memorial Garden, at the Police Service of Northern Ireland headquarters in Belfast, where he was a guest at the dedication by HRH The Prince of Wales in September 2003.

Joseph CRAIG

Police Inspector, Strathclyde Police (Retired).

Researcher and Advisor on Scottish Police Forces

Joe was born in 1945 and is a native of Glasgow, he is a married man and now lives with his wife near Dumfries. He retired from Strathclyde Police in 1995 after more than 30 years service, having joined the former City of Glasgow Police in 1964, serving in the Uniform Branch, Divisional Criminal Investigation Department and the Drug Squad.

As a Sergeant and Inspector he served on patrol duties in various parts of Clydeside but spent most of his time in the Force Support Unit. He also saw service with the British Police Monitoring Unit in Rhodesia and was heavily involved in the operational side of the Lockerbie Air Disaster. He received an award for bravery for his off duty arrest of a deranged armed man who discharged a firearm. After retiring from the police he became a civil servant with the Ministry of Defence until his complete retirement in 2001.

Joe has had a keen interest in the history of the Police Service for many years and assists the Glasgow Police Heritage Society and Museum as a volunteer. He has a great deal of expertise in the history of Scottish Police Forces and deaths in police service and has been a voluntary researcher for the Trust for several years.

Last updated 17 January 2007
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