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Deputy Assistant Commissioner William Griffiths, BEM QPM
Director of Operations and Tasking, Specialist Crime Directorate, Metropolitan
Police Service, New Scotland Yard

Bill Griffiths joined the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in 1967 and has served mainly as a detective in both specialist and generalist investigation roles in the same force.

As Director of Operations and Tasking, he is responsible for all serious and specialist crime investigations and operations in London, apart from terrorist incidents, ranging from homicide, armed robbery, kidnap and fraud through to protection of children. His command domain is run through ten operational command units and comprises about 2,800 operational detectives.
 
William Griffiths

He leads the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) work on professionalising investigation within the Government police reform agenda and also directs national training on the strategic management of critical incidents. Other ACPO responsibilities include and Crimestoppers, a project that he initiated for London in 1988.