Brian Paddick Biography

Brian Paddick joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1976 living in Highbury and Limehouse while he worked for four years on the beat as a Constable in Holloway. He rose steadily through the ranks serving in uniform as a response team officer community officer and as a member of the riot squad. He also spent time as a detective performing many and varied roles both at the front end and at New Scotland Yard. Brian worked in Brixton (twice) Fulham Deptford Lewisham Thornton Heath (where his brother was the local vicar) and Notting Hill during this period while living in Sutton Pimlico and Westminster and for a while outside London.
Brian Paddick was the Borough Commander for Merton for two-and-a-half years responsible for policing Wimbledon Mitcham and Merton and then Police Commander for the London Borough of Lambeth. At Lambeth Brian Paddick had direct responsibility for 940 police officers and 230 support staff and an annual budget of £37m.
Following a period in the Specialist Crime Directorate (which deals with serious cases such as murder kidnap and fraud) Brian returned to borough-based policing overseeing Barnet Harrow Hillingdon Ealing Brent Camden Hammersmith & Fulham and Islington Boroughs. He also had responsibility for youth and community issues including Police Community Support Officers and police volunteers across the whole of London.

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