Jon Murphy

Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University

Trainer

Sir Jon Murphy QPM joined Merseyside Police as a Cadet in January 1975. Following early uniform roles he went on to an almost 20 year unbroken career as a detective, rising to the rank of Detective Superintendent SIO before returning to uniform duties as Force Operations Manager.

After spending three years with the National Crime Squad he returned to Merseyside Police in 2004 as Deputy Chief Constable, subsequently being chosen to lead the Ministerial Task Force Tackling Gangs Action Programme (TGAP) and acting as the ACPO National Serious & Organised Crime Coordinator. He was appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside Police in 2010. Sir Jon has been commended on 14 occasions and was awarded a Queen's Police Medal in 2007 as well as a Knighthood in 2014 as part of Her Majesty’s Birthday Honours.

He is a former SIO and Head of Intelligence who has performed the role of Gold Command during a counter terrorist operation. He is retained as a policing advisor to Government and in 2017, following a 'lone-wolf' terrorist attack on Parliament tragically resulting in the death of a police officer, he conducted a review of security at the Palace of Westminster.