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Chief Constables

The first chief constable, Captain Hastings, was 38 years old, and the eldest son of Col. Sir Charles Holland Hastings.

Chief Constables of the Surrey Constabulary:

2. On 1 September 1899, Captain M L Sant DL JP was appointed chief constable, at an annual salary of £500 plus £150 allowance for rent, travelling and other expenses. He was 36, had served in the Northumberland Fusiliers and been chief constable of Northumberland. The Force now consisted of 231 men, treble the original establishment.

3. Geoffrey Nicholson CBE MC Chief Constable 1930-1946, On taking over command Major Nicholson insisted that every indictable crime report was passed to him something that happened into the 1960s with Herman Rutherford when green ink was an acknowledgement of a job well done. He soon realised that his crime problem was the housebreaker from London, coming into the county and committing crime before returning to the city. It was obvious that many enquiries had to be made in London where much would depend on the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police. He developed the role of the detetctive and CID as a department.

4. Sir Joseph Simpson KBE KPFSM. Chief Constable from 1946 to 1956 was the driving force behind developing the Constabulary dog section and the use of dogs in the force. He brought in PS Harry Darbyshire from the Metropolitan Police to create a new section. For the purpose a German Shepherd bitch, 'Anna', who was captured from the Germans was used as the nucleus of this new section. Simpson became commisioner of the Met. and died in post.

5. Herman Rutherford, CBE, QPM, Chief Constable of Surrey, 1956-68, was born on April 3, 1908. He died on July 29, 2003, aged 95. Herman Rutherford, known to his family and friends as Graham, ended his career as Chief Constable of Surrey, having left Consett Grammar School, County Durham, at the age of 16. He began his working life with the Consett Iron Company, before his determination prompted him to head south to join the Metropolitan Police.

6. Sir Peter Matthews CVO OBE QPM DL Chief Constable 1968-1982. Came to Surrey from Suffolk where he was C/C. Prior to that he had been in the Metropolitan Police and was, at one time, a Chief Ins. in charge of the dogs school at Keston. He continued to support the dog section created by his predecessor and introduced a breeding programme. He was a strong supporter of the village bobby as can be seen from the picture on the title page. This represents the village bobby on his 'patch' being supported by the raft of specialists stood behind.

7. Sir Brian Hayes QPM BA. 1982 – 1991 Was a modernising C/C who commenced his service in the Metropolitan Police. He originally came to Surrey as an ACC prior to transferring to Wiltshire as a DCC. He returned to Surrey and embarked on a programme of modernisation for the force radically changing shift patterns to support a new system of neighbourhood policing.

On 1 January 1851, the Surrey Constabulary became operational with an establishment of 70 police officers, including five superintendents.

8. David Williams QPM LLB Barrister 1991 to end 1992. Last C/C of Surrey Constabulary.Oversaw the transition from Constabulary to Police leaving the Surrey Police in 1998.

Surrey Constabulary

'For those who served'

1851 - 1992

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