Mike Bowron Explained

Michael Bowron
Honorific-Suffix:	QPM
Office:	Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police
Term Start:	4 January 2011
Term End:	July 2017
Alma Mater:	Surrey University
Profession:	Senior Police Officer

Michael Bowron QPM is a retired British police officer. From 2011 to July 2017 he was Chief Officer of States of Jersey Police. He was previously the Commissioner of the City of London Police from 2006 to 2011.

Early life

Bowron was educated at Sussex University, where he achieved a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology.^[1]

Bowron worked as a broker for Lloyd's of London before joining Sussex Police in 1980.^[2]

In 2006, he was appointed Commissioner of the City of London Police.^[3] He graduated from the FBI Academy in 2007.^[4] In 2010, Bowron played a key role in setting up the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.^[5]

On 4 January 2011, he transferred to the States of Jersey Police to become its Chief Officer.^[6]

Web site: Chief Officer . Jersey.police.uk . 2012-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130409205703/http://www.jersey.police.uk/about/command/Pages/ChiefOfficer.aspx . 2013-04-09 . dead .
Web site: Jersey Finance Limited . Mike Bowron | Jersey Finance Events | Events | Jersey Finance Limited | Voice of the International Finance Centre . https://archive.today/20130218181251/http://www.jerseyfinance.je/events/jersey-finance-events/mike-bowron/ . dead . 2013-02-18 . Jerseyfinance.je . 2011-01-04 . 2012-10-04 .
Web site: Ellen Widdup . City police hire 50 specialists to fight £1 billion fraudsters . London Evening Standard . 2009-05-26 . 2012-10-04.
Web site: States of Jersey - Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force: Appointment . Stateassembly.gov.je . 2012-10-27.
Web site: National fraud bureau to tackle £30bn con bill . Computerweekly.com . 2012-10-04.
Web site: BBC News - Mike Bowron will 'soften image' of Jersey police . Bbc.co.uk . 2011-04-12 . 2012-10-04.