| Raymon Harry Anning | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CBE, QPM, CBIM |
| Office1: | Commissioner of Police |
| Term1: | 15 April 1985 – 1 December 1989 |
| Governor1: | David Clive Wilson |
| Predecessor1: | Robert Thomas Mitchell Henry |
| Successor1: | Li Kwan Ha |
| Birth Date: | 1930 7, df=yes |
| Profession: | Police, civil servant |
| Alma Mater: | Richmond and East Sheen County Grammar School for Boys |
Raymon Harry Anning (Chinese: 顏理國, 22 July 1930 – 20 December 2020[1]) was a Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong. In the early 1970s, he was a commander of the Metropolitan Police in Greater London. He was later appointed as HM Inspector of Constabulary for West and South-West England, the British Midlands and Wales.[2] In 1983, he was posted to Hong Kong as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) until his promotion to Commissioner in 1985.
As a teenager, Anning was educated in Richmond and East Sheen County Grammar School for Boys, East Sheen, Greater London.[3]
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He was promoted to Chief Superintendent in 1969 and placed in command of a contingent of London policemen to restore order to Anguilla, which declared itself an independent republic. On return from Anguilla he commanded the Metropolitan Police Discipline Office.
In 1973, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Robert Mark encountered an increasing concern about police corruption and behaviour. Detectives had been offered money to ignore crimes. Anning, then promoted to Commander, was placed in charge of a complaints department in New Scotland Yard, with a codename A10, to investigate all complaints against the members of the force. Under Anning's command were 60 men (40 CID men and 20 uniformed officers) which later increased to 84. In its first sixth month, the new department investigated 451 complaints.[4] At last, 90 officers were forced out.[5] Fresh from his experience in New Scotland Yard, Anning was seconded to Hong Kong to advise the Government on the founding of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.[3]
On his return from Hong Kong in 1975, Anning was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner, second-in-command of the Criminal Investigation Department, Metropolitan Police.
In 1979, Anning undertook a course at the National Executive Institute of the FBI Academy and was appointed one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary for England and Wales.[3]
On 17 July 1983 Anning replaced Peter Moor and took up his appointment as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) of the Royal Hong Kong Police.