Rob Beckley (police officer)

Beckley's first police service was with the Metropolitan Police in Brixton, Southall and New Scotland Yard (1986–1997), in which he rose to the rank of chief inspector, before being promoted to chief superintendent during a subsequent spell in Thames Valley Police (1997–2002).^[1][4] He was then promoted to assistant chief constable just before moving to head Territorial Operations (and later Crime and Operations) in Hertfordshire Police (2002–2007). He later became deputy chief constable of Avon and Somerset Police (2007–2016).^[1]

In parallel with these posts, he also held the national portfolio for citizens in policing, and later for counter-terrorism and matters of race and faith.^[4] This was followed by time as chief operating officer of the new College of Policing from July 2013 to 2016, after which he was appointed an assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police alongside his appointment in Operation Resolve.^[5] In April 2018, while seconded to the Home Office, he responded to the investigation into Operation Midland by recommending a move away from police automatically believing victims to one in which victims were reassured they were being listened to.^[6]

Beckley served as High Sheriff of Somerset from March 2024 to March 2025.

He actively supports and is a trustee of a number of charities, some local to Somerset, as well as international charities such as the Bishop Tutu Foundation and Project Trust.^[7]