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As head of the [[Special Inquiry Squad]], Yates was responsible for a number of high-profiles cases, including the perjury conviction of [[Lord Archer|Jeffrey Archer]], the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? fraud case and the investigation of rape allegations against television presenter John Leslie.<ref>Peter Walker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/09/john-yates-metropolitan-police Profile: John Yates], guardian.co.uk, 9 April 2009.</ref> | As head of the [[Special Inquiry Squad]], Yates was responsible for a number of high-profiles cases, including the perjury conviction of [[Lord Archer|Jeffrey Archer]], the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? fraud case and the investigation of rape allegations against television presenter John Leslie.<ref>Peter Walker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/09/john-yates-metropolitan-police Profile: John Yates], guardian.co.uk, 9 April 2009.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Resignation== | ||
| + | Yates resigned from the Metropolitan Police on 18 July 2011.<ref>[http://content.met.police.uk/News/Statement-from-AC-John-Yates/1260269287862/1257246745756 Statement from AC John Yates], Metropolitan Police, 18 July 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | On the same day the [[Independent Police Complaints Commission]] announced it would investigate: | ||
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| + | ::The conduct of Assistant Commissioner John Yates: | ||
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| + | ::- in his review in July 2009 and overall role in relation to the phone hacking investigation; and | ||
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| + | ::- in his alleged involvement in inappropriately securing employment for the daughter of a friend; | ||
| + | <ref>[http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/Pages/pr_180711_MPAreferrals.aspx IPCC receives referrals from the Metropolitan Police Authority regarding the actions of current and former senior Met Officers], Independent Police Complaints Commission, 18 July 2011.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:47, 18 July 2011
John Yates is the former Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service and head of Specialist Operations.[1]
Until July 2011, Yates was a member of the Metropolitan Police Management Board and the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Specialist Operations with responsibility for Counter Terrorism, Security and Protection, nationally as well as in London. He wass also Chair of the Association of Chief Police Officers - Terrorism & Allied Matters (ACPO - TAM) Business Area, and as such was responsible for co-ordinating national counter terrorism and security policy.[2]
He resigned from the Metropolitan Police on 18 July 2011.[3]
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Education
Yates was educated at Marlborough College and King's College London.[4]
Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
Yates worked as Staff Officer to Commissioner Paul Condon during the MacPherson Inquiry into the death of black teenager Stephen Lawrence between 1999 and 2000.[5]
East Dulwich corruption inquiry
As a detective superintendent, Yates headed a 2001 inquiry into police corruption within a crime squad in East Dulwich which led to the imprisonment of six serving detectives.[6]
Special Inquiry Squad
As head of the Special Inquiry Squad, Yates was responsible for a number of high-profiles cases, including the perjury conviction of Jeffrey Archer, the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? fraud case and the investigation of rape allegations against television presenter John Leslie.[7]
Resignation
Yates resigned from the Metropolitan Police on 18 July 2011.[8]
On the same day the Independent Police Complaints Commission announced it would investigate:
- The conduct of Assistant Commissioner John Yates:
- - in his review in July 2009 and overall role in relation to the phone hacking investigation; and
- - in his alleged involvement in inappropriately securing employment for the daughter of a friend;
Notes
- ↑ Assistant Commissioner John Yates QPM, Specialist Operations, Metropolitan Police, accessed 11 July 2009.
- ↑ Assistant Commissioner John Yates QPM, Specialist Operations, Metropolitan Police, accessed 11 July 2009.
- ↑ Statement from AC John Yates, Metropolitan Police, 18 July 2011.
- ↑ Peter Walker, Profile: John Yates, guardian.co.uk, 9 April 2009.
- ↑ Profile:John Yates, BBC News, 9 April 2009.
- ↑ Peter Walker, Profile: John Yates, guardian.co.uk, 9 April 2009.
- ↑ Peter Walker, Profile: John Yates, guardian.co.uk, 9 April 2009.
- ↑ Statement from AC John Yates, Metropolitan Police, 18 July 2011.
- ↑ IPCC receives referrals from the Metropolitan Police Authority regarding the actions of current and former senior Met Officers, Independent Police Complaints Commission, 18 July 2011.
