Thames Valley top cop 18th on female power list

10:10am Wednesday 13th February 2013 in News By Neil Phillips

Thames Valley top cop 18th on female power list Thames Valley top cop 18th on female power list

SARA Thornton, the chief constable of Thames Valley Police has come in at number 18 on the BBC Woman’s Hour’s inaugural power list.

A panel of judges compiled a list of the country's 100 most influential females for the popular Radio 4 show.

Chf Cons Thornton had the highest ranking for any member of the police force on the list.

She has been Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police since April 2007, having started her career in 1986.

She was elected vice-president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in 2011.

In 2006, Chf Cons Thornton was awarded the Queens Police Medal and in the 2011 New Years Honours she was awarded a CBE.

The top 20 also included such names as author JK Rowling, Home Secretary and maidenhead MP Theresa May, who came in at number two, and The Queen, who topped the list.

Comments (2)

12:05pm Wed 13 Feb 13

rjpastaw says...

This is of course completely trivial nonsense & irrelevant to what matters - = the performance of this person adequate for their level of responsibility (and pay!) -
and how would taxpayers who fund them find out this important information?
Is there any independent assessment of their performance? - if so - by whom?
This is of course completely trivial nonsense & irrelevant to what matters - = the performance of this person adequate for their level of responsibility (and pay!) - and how would taxpayers who fund them find out this important information? Is there any independent assessment of their performance? - if so - by whom? rjpastaw

12:38pm Wed 13 Feb 13

ImpeturbableLawrence says...

A major local problem in the past has been yobbish behaviour and women police officers (particularly the wonderfully-misnamed 'Police Community Service Officers') always shy off a confrontation with young male yobs - thereby making work for the police and local people in the long term.
A major local problem in the past has been yobbish behaviour and women police officers (particularly the wonderfully-misnamed 'Police Community Service Officers') always shy off a confrontation with young male yobs - thereby making work for the police and local people in the long term. ImpeturbableLawrence

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