John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

Who is John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington?

John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington KStJ QPM DL FRSA, Kt. was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Constable of Northumbria Police before being appointed one of HM Inspectors of Constabulary in September 1996. He was then appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Met in 1998 until his promotion to Commissioner in 2000. He was a writer for the News of the World, for £7,000 an article, until his resignation as the hacking scandal progressed.