A former Metropolitan Police officer has crossed the border to join his home Force as the new local police commander for Windsor and Maidenhead.
Superintendent Tim De Meyer started his new role at Thames Valley Police on Monday (4/8/08), taking over from Act Supt Jim Templer.
He said: “I am very pleased to have this opportunity to work in the Royal Borough as a commander and look forward to the times ahead.
“This is an opportunity for me to broaden my horizons beyond CID, having the responsibility not only for investigating crime, but also neighbourhood policing and working in partnership to keep thieves and thugs off our streets.
“Living in Wokingham for most of my life, I have always wanted to work for my home Force and I am delighted to have the opportunity to serve here.
He added: “Over the next few months and beyond, I will be working with my staff and local partners to build on the existing good work in order to prevent, solve and reduce crime, while protecting vulnerable people. My challenge is to make a generally safe place even safer.
“I’ve spent the past few days getting to know my staff and have been extremely impressed by their enthusiasm, professionalism and understanding of the area they police. Everyone clearly identifies with the Royal Borough and is very proud to serve here.”
Background
Tim, aged 33, joined the Metropolitan Police Service in London in 1997 and has since worked in a variety of roles.
His accelerated career began in Croydon, South London, as a young officer patrolling the streets. In 1999, and remaining in Croydon, Tim joined his colleagues in CID as a detective constable, working on a number of specialist squads including burglary and robbery. He also worked on Operation Sapphire – The Metropolitan Police Service’s first ever team set up to investigate serious sexual offences.
In 2002, Tim was promoted to detective sergeant on a child abuse investigation team. A year later he transferred to Lambeth borough, leading a team of detectives investigating serious crime and then working as an intelligence manager for the borough, before being promoted to detective inspector in September 2004.
His promotion led him to work within the Metropolitan Police’s Professional Standards Department with responsibility for investigating deaths following police contact, internal corruption and serious public complaints.
In October 2005, Tim performed the role of staff officer to Stephen Rimmer, the Metropolitan Police’s Director of Strategy, Modernisation and Performance. During this role, Tim was promoted to chief inspector.
In October 2006, the borough of Hounslow welcomed Tim as its new detective chief inspector - head of CID - covering the areas of Feltham, Chiswick, Brentford and Hounslow. Leading a team of 150 detectives, Tim was responsible for managing investigations relating to domestic violence, hate crime, sexual offences, robbery, burglaries, vehicle crime, serious frauds, and sex offenders. He left this role this year to join Thames Valley Police where he was promoted to superintendent.
When not on duty, Tim devotes a significant amount of his time working as a coach for Pinewood Boxing club in Wokingham. The club, which is attended by a large number of youths from all backgrounds, has won over 50 national championships, stages many amateur boxing shows and has several Olympic prospects for London 2012.
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