Louisa Rolfe Explained

Louisa Rolfe
Honorific-Suffix:OBE
Office:Assistant Commissioner
Met Operations
Metropolitan Police Service
Predecessor:Mark Simmons
Term Start:September 2020
Birthname:Louisa Helen Rolfe
Profession:Police officer

Louisa Rolfe (born November 1969) is a senior British police officer. She currently serves as Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations in the Metropolitan Police, having been Deputy Chief Constable of West Midlands Police from 2016 - 2020.

Life

She began her police career with Avon and Somerset Police, with which she spent 25 years, becoming its Head of CID developing specialist units in Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Intelligence for south-west England along with multi-service teams for Crime Investigation, roads policing, dogs and firearms. She moved to West Midlands Police in December 2016 on her appointment as its Deputy Chief Constable.[1] There she has led on diversity and domestic abuse, becoming lead on the latter for the National Police Chiefs Council. On 8 April 2020 it was announced that she would move to the Metropolitan Police Service, becoming Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations,[2] [3] assuming the post by August that year.[4] In late September 2022 it was announced that she would move to Frontline Policing and be succeeded in Met Operations by Matt Twist.[5]

Honours

Rolfe was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to policing. She is currently a trustee of charity Police Now.


Ribbon Description Notes
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) 2019
2002
2012
2022
2023

References

  1. News: Met appoints Deputy Chief Constable of West Midlands Police as Assistant Commissioner. 8 April 2020. 9 April 2020. news.met.police.uk.
  2. News: Louisa Rolfe joins MPS as Assistant Commissioner. Police Professional.
  3. News: West Midlands police chief lands senior role at Scotland Yard. Richard. Guttridge. Express & Star. 8 April 2020. 9 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Sophie Linden (Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime), Report to the Police and Crime Committee: 7 August 2020. 2 November 2020.
  5. News: Two new Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioners appointed. 27 September 2022. 4 October 2022. news.met.police.uk.