Jacqui Cheer

Jacqui Cheer
Born Jacqui Cheer
Nationality British
Occupation Police Officer

Jacqui Cheer was a senior police officer in the United Kingdom. She was the Chief Constable of Cleveland Police until retiring from the Police Service in March 2016.[1]


Early career

Cheer joined Essex Police in 1984. In 2004 she attended a Strategic Command Course, and transferred to Suffolk Police as an Assistant Chief Constable in 2006. She was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable with Suffolk.[2]


Career with Cleveland Police

Cheer was appointed Chief Constable of Cleveland Police on a permanent basis by the force's Police and Crime Commissioner, Barry Coppinger, in February 2013. She has been the temporary chief since late 2011, following the suspension and subsequent sacking[3] of her predecessor, Sean Price,[1] and his deputy, Derek Bonnard.[3]

In September 2013, she received adverse publicity for failing Cleveland Police's fitness test. She was believed to be the first chief officer to fail, although a force spokesman said that as she was in a non-operational role, she was not required to take, (or by implication, pass) the test.[4]

From January to March 2015, Cheer was seconded as an instructor to the London Police College.[5]

Honors and Awards

She has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal.[2]

Police appointments
Preceded by
Sean Price
Chief Constable of Cleveland Police
2011–2016
Succeeded by
Iain Spittal

References

  1. 1 2 "Jacqui Cheer". Gazette Live. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Chief Constable". Cleveland Police. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Cleveland chief constable confirmed as Jacqui Cheer". BBC. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. Thornhill, Ted (27 September 2013). "Plodding along! £140,000-a-year police chief constable fails fitness test for officers on the beat". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. Barley, Sophie (7 January 2015). "Cleveland Chief Constable currently off duty to help train senior officers across the country". Gazzette Live newspaper. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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