Simon Cole QPM took up his position as Chief Constable of Leicestershire in June 2010.

Having been educated in Market Bosworth, Northampton, Oadby and Colchester, Simon joined West Midlands Police on the Graduate Entry Scheme. He worked in Birmingham in various uniform roles, as well as being Staff Officer to the Chief Constable and a Detective Inspector in West Bromwich. Simon rank jumped to promotion as Operations Superintendent in Handsworth, before becoming Commander of Dudley South Operational Command Unit. Simon joined Hampshire Constabulary in 2003 as Assistant Chief Constable and was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable in 2008.

Simon led nationally for National Police Chief’s Council on disability issues until March 2016 and between April 2012 and March 2019 Simon was Chairman of what is now The National Police Chiefs’ Council Local Policing and Partnerships Coordinating Committee.

In 2014 Simon was very proud to be awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the New Year’s Honours List, and was touched to be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts by De Montfort University.

Lucy D’Orsi joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1992. She was in charge of the police response to London’s largest fire of 2006, in Beaufort Park, Hendon, and has headed special operations relating to illegal weapons. She moved from Enfield to be Chief Superintendent and Borough Commander in Hammersmith and Fulham from March 2011 to March 2014 after which she was promoted to Commander in East London.

On the 3rd December 2020, the British Transport Police Authority announced that Lucy D’Orsi would be the next Chief Constable of the British Transport Police. She will take over the role from February 2021.

I have been part of the Policing Family for just over 13 years now, I joined Gwent back in 2008 when I became a Police Community Support Officer covering Chepstow. I have been playing the game since I was 6 years old and have representative cricket in my local area of Newport since I was 15. In my years in university I played the Cardiff UCCE and travelled around the country playing against some very fine cricketers. I became part of the South Wales and Gwent team in 2012 where we won the National Final. I was fortunate enough to score a hundred in that game and catch the eye of the national selectors. The following year I was part of the second week of British Police Tour and was lucky to get a few scores and wickets and have been part of British Police since that year. In 2016 I had the honour of becoming British Police Captain and look forward to the tours every year.