1. Stephen Kavanagh currently serves as the Executive Director for Police Services at INTERPOL, the second-highest ranking official.
16 Facts About Stephen Kavanagh
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In February 2020, Stephen Kavanagh was appointed Executive Director for Police Services at INTERPOL.
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Stephen Kavanagh's operations have achieved a record number of drugs seizures, intercepted cybercrime operations worth 130 million USD and executed large-scale operations targeting terrorist suspects and transnational organised crime.
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From 1985 to 2013, Stephen Kavanagh served in the Metropolitan Police.
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Stephen Kavanagh worked in the Homicide Command and Anti-Corruption Command, and on the police response to the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
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Stephen Kavanagh has held a number of senior roles in the Metropolitan Police, including Commander Counter Terrorism, Deputy assistant commissioner for Territorial Policing, and Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, where he worked on London's Counter Terrorism strategy.
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From 2010 to 2014, Stephen Kavanagh was the Open Source Intelligence Lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers and led the National Digital Intelligence and Investigations Portfolio, coordinating national and international digital crime co-operation.
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From 2013 to 2018 Stephen Kavanagh was the Chief Constable of Essex Police.
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From 2015 to 2018, Stephen Kavanagh led the National Police Chief Council's Digital Policing Portfolio, which included developing the National Committee for Digital Research and Industrial Co-operation.
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Stephen Kavanagh is currently serving as Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in the Metropolitan Police on secondment to INTERPOL.
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In 2002 Stephen Kavanagh graduated from Wolfson College, Cambridge with a Masters in Philosophy and Criminology.
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From 2016 to 2018, Stephen Kavanagh was the Community Chair for Crime, Criminal Justice and Terrorism at the College of Policing.
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In 2018 Stephen Kavanagh became a visiting professor at the Institute for Analytics and Data Science at the University of Essex.
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Stephen Kavanagh is currently a Leadership Fellow at St George's House.
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Stephen Kavanagh is a Patron for JACKs and Open Road, an Essex-based drug and alcohol support service.
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Stephen Kavanagh sits on the steering committee for the World Class Policing Awards.