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In June 2014, Rowley was appointed former Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations (ACSO) in the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].<ref name="RuSIBio">[https://rusi.org/mark-rowley Mark Rowley], RUS, accessed 4 March 2018.</ref> He announced his retirement from this position in January 2018.<ref>Harry Cockburn, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mark-rowley-resigns-met-police-counter-terrorism-commissioner-a8150131.html Mark Rowley resigns: Met Police's head of counter-terrorism steps down], ''Independent'', 9 January 2018.</ref> | In June 2014, Rowley was appointed former Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations (ACSO) in the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].<ref name="RuSIBio">[https://rusi.org/mark-rowley Mark Rowley], RUS, accessed 4 March 2018.</ref> He announced his retirement from this position in January 2018.<ref>Harry Cockburn, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mark-rowley-resigns-met-police-counter-terrorism-commissioner-a8150131.html Mark Rowley resigns: Met Police's head of counter-terrorism steps down], ''Independent'', 9 January 2018.</ref> | ||
| − | In February 2018, he gave the Colin Cramphorn Memorial Lecture at Policy Exchange. | + | In February 2018, he gave the Colin Cramphorn Memorial Lecture at Policy Exchange. His speech criticised 'so-called representative bodies' which he said 'speak out in such a way to create and exploit grievances and isolation, by: being equivocal in condemning acts of terrorism; undermining efforts to safeguard the young and vulnerable from radicalisation, and spreading disinformation about national security and foreign policy.<ref>[https://policyexchange.org.uk/pxevents/the-colin-cramphorn-memorial-lecture-by-mark-rowley/ Extremism and Terrorism: The need for a whole society response], Policy Exchange, 26 February 2018.</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:33, 4 March 2018
Mark Rowley is the former Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations (ACSO) in the Metropolitan Police Service, a post in which he was responsible for UK Counter Terrorism policing.[1]
Rowley graduating from St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, before beginning his policing career with West Midlands Police in 1987. He was Chief Constable of Surrey for four years.[1]
Rowley joined the MPS as an Assistant Commissioner in December 2011. He was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the same year.[1]
In June 2014, Rowley was appointed former Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations (ACSO) in the Metropolitan Police Service.[1] He announced his retirement from this position in January 2018.[2]
In February 2018, he gave the Colin Cramphorn Memorial Lecture at Policy Exchange. His speech criticised 'so-called representative bodies' which he said 'speak out in such a way to create and exploit grievances and isolation, by: being equivocal in condemning acts of terrorism; undermining efforts to safeguard the young and vulnerable from radicalisation, and spreading disinformation about national security and foreign policy.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mark Rowley, RUS, accessed 4 March 2018.
- ↑ Harry Cockburn, Mark Rowley resigns: Met Police's head of counter-terrorism steps down, Independent, 9 January 2018.
- ↑ Extremism and Terrorism: The need for a whole society response, Policy Exchange, 26 February 2018.
