New police chief's skill set expected to 'pay dividends'

ALEXIS Boon has been confirmed to be the new chief constable for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

- By NATALIA FORERO Local democracy reporter

The senior Met Police officer pledged to develop a responsive service to the public.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Panel has appointed Mr Boon as the new chief constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary after the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Donna Jones proposed him as the preferred candidate.

At the confirmation hearing panel in Winchester on Tuesday last week, the Conservative PCC said he is a very experienced senior police officer in the United Kingdom, with experience as not only a national counter-terrorism commander but also an international counter-terrorism commander.

She said the new chief constable had led some of the most complicated and large-scale firearms jobs in the country, and was the head of local policing in the Metropolitan Police Service.

She added: “For us here, the skill set, the level of complexity and problem solving that Alexis had to undertake and perfect in his role, are skills that will pay dividends to us here”