Keith Bristow

Keith Bristow QPM
Bristow at Chatham House in 2013
1st Director-General of the National Crime Agency
In office October 2013 – January 2016
Deputy	Philip Gormley
Preceded by	Role Created
Succeeded by	Lynne Owens
Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police
In office 2006–2011
Preceded by	John Burbeck
Succeeded by	Andy Parker
Personal details
Born	Keith Bristow 1967 (age 48–49) Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Profession	Police officer

Keith Bristow QPM is a British police officer, who served as the first Director-General of the National Crime Agency from 2013 to 2016.^[1] He was formerly the Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police, and took up the role of Director-General when the NCA commenced operations on 7 October 2013.^[2]

Early career

Bristow joined West Mercia Constabulary as a cadet and served in uniformed and Criminal Investigation Department roles. In 1997, as a Detective Chief Inspector, he was appointed staff officer to the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). In 1998 he was promoted Detective Superintendent and seconded to the West Midlands Police Major Investigation Team, later transferring to the force permanently, where he served as operations manager and director of intelligence. Promoted to Chief Superintendent, he commanded an operational command unit in Birmingham.

Chief officer

In 2002, he was promoted Assistant Chief Constable and became a director of the National Criminal Intelligence Service. In 2005, he was appointed Deputy Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police and in July 2006 became Chief Constable.^[3]

He is also chair of the G8 Law Enforcement Group and from 2009 to 2011 was head of crime at ACPO, having previously been head of violence and public protection and of criminal use of firearms. He was the first British graduate of the European Top Senior Police Officer Course^[3] and holds a master's degree in organisational development, a postgraduate diploma in management studies, and a diploma in applied criminology.

In October 2011, Home Secretary Theresa May, announced that Bristow would head the new National Crime Agency, which began operations two years later in October 2013.^[2] As of 2015, Bristow was paid a salary of £225,000 by the agency, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.^[4] On 26 November 2015, it was announced that he would be standing down in January 2016.^[5] He was succeeded by Lynne Owens, the former Chief Constable of Surrey Police, on 4 January 2016.^[6][7]

Bristow was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.^[8]

Honours

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Queen's Police Medal (QPM)	2008
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal	2002 UK Version of this Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012 UK Version of this Medal
	Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

Footnotes

1. http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-are-run/the-board
2. "UK National Crime Agency head to be Keith Bristow", BBC News, 10 October 2011
3. Rotary International District 1060
4. "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3166769/National-Chaos-Agency-Seven-crime-chiefs-quite-Britain-s-FBI-morale-plummets-two-years-force-set-up.html
6. "Surrey Chief Constable Lynne Owens to take over National Crime Agency". BBC News. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
7. "National Crime Agency - The Board". National Crime Agency. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
8. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58729. p. 26. 14 June 2008.

References

• Biography on Warwickshire Police website