13 Facts About Peter Fahy

Peter Fahy was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, the United Kingdom's third largest police force.

Peter Fahy retired from the police force on 23 October 2015 after serving for 34 years.

Peter Fahy joined the police in 1981, and was the ACPO spokesman on workforce development.

Peter Fahy had been Assistant Chief Constable at Surrey and had had positions with Hertfordshire and West Midlands forces.

Peter Fahy has previously expressed his frustration at red tape which has been creeping into police forces across the United Kingdom.

In July 2011, Peter Fahy commanded his officers to use their common sense and criticised police policies which prevents the police from helping victims or protecting the public in certain cases.

In July 2011, Peter Fahy was one of the frontrunners to replace Sir Paul Stephenson as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner but Peter Fahy ruled himself out of that position.

Peter Fahy was the Association of Chief Police Officers lead of Specials Constabulary.

In October 2015, Peter Fahy was appointed an Honorary Professor of Criminal Justice by the University of Manchester.

Peter Fahy gave his first public lecture on 11 November 2015.

Peter Fahy became Chair of trustees of the charity We Stand Together in November 2017.

In March 2021, Peter Fahy criticised the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which he argued was a politically-motivated reaction to Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protests.

Peter Fahy was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours 'for services to policing'.