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MPA appoints three Deputy Assistant Commissioners for Met

24/01
26 April 2001

The Metropolitan Police Authority has appointed three new Deputy Assistant Commissioners on promotion, all of whom will fill senior posts in the Metropolitan Police. They are Commander Andrew Hayman, Commander Michael Fuller and Commander Timothy Godwin.

The officers were interviewed by a panel of five MPA members, with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens acting as police advisor. The Clerk to the MPA Catherine Crawford was also in attendance.

MPA Chair Toby Harris, who led the promotion panel said:

"We are extremely pleased to have appointed three outstanding officers to the post of Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

"Each of the successful candidates impressed the board by their tactical abilities and strategic approach to community relations and crime reduction.

"Policing London's diverse communities is both challenging and complex. These officers will bring many years of diverse and valuable experience to their new posts. Through their skills and personal abilities, they will play key roles in developing innovative and progressive policing in our capital."

Commissioner Sir John Stevens said:

"I would like to welcome Commanders Fuller, Hayman and Godwin as the Met's newly appointed DACs. This is a particularly tough and challenging post requiring strong leadership skills and I'm confident that the right officers have been selected."

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Biographical notes

Commander Michael Fuller
Since January 2000 Michael Fuller has held two commands: West Area Serious Crime Group and Operation Trident. As Commander of West SCG he has overseen the administration and investigation of high profile cases such as Suzy Lamplugh, Jill Dando and the Notting Hill Carnival 2000 murders. Operation Trident is nationally acknowledged as an innovative command unit in the fight against drug related crime. It is the only such operation that has worked directly with lay advisors from the black communities to fight against this type of crime. Since taking over this post, he has built up the unit from 10 intelligence officers to the current strength of 200 officers.

Commander Fuller's career started in the Met in September 1975. During his cadet training he studied for his A levels and won a Commissioner's scholarship to attend university. Having completed the probationary period, he went to Sussex University, graduating with an honours degree in social psychology. He then returned to duty as a constable at Fulham police station. Promotion through the ranks followed. Whilst stationed at Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith as DCI he used innovative techniques to reduce burglary. These tactics were developed and progressed during his next posting at Paddington where he successfully used undercover techniques to tackle street robbery and motor vehicle crime.

Two years on secondment to HMIC at the Home Office followed as Staff Officer advising on crime and terrorism, with responsibilities for inspections of national Special Branch and Police Services.

In July 1998 Michael Fuller returned to the Met as Superintendent serving on Streatham Division. Before being selected for the Strategic Command course at the National Police College Bramshill, he was the Divisional Commander at Battersea Division in South West London.

During late 1998 Michael Fuller helped draft the action plan and set up the Racial and Violent Crime Task Force. In September 1999 he to set up the Service's Best Value Unit.

In 1995 Commander Fuller was awarded a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a post graduate diploma in Marketing from Henley Management College. He is a member of the Institute of Management and has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has also attained a Diploma in applied Criminology at Cambridge University, as part of the Strategic Command Course at Bramshill.

Commander Andrew Hayman
Since September 1999 Andrew Hayman has taken command as Director of the Anti-corruption and Complaints Investigation Department of the MPS. He has subsequently restructured the department under a pan London command as the Directorate of Professional Standards. In this role he sits as a member of the Interpol Group of Experts on Corruption. He is also the UK representative on the Council of Europe's corruption inspection team, GRECO.

Commander Hayman joined the Metropolitan Police in November 1998 as head of the Drugs Directorate. One of his major achievements in the Directorate was to publish an MPS Drug Strategy which led to the setting up of a Drugs Arrest Referral Scheme across London. He also led the highly successful media campaign against drugs 'Rat on a Rat' which was commended by Prime Minister Tony Blair for its effectiveness in encouraging members of the public to work with police to tackle the scourge of drugs.

In the Spring of 1999 he led Operation Trident, and oversaw the administration and investigation of fourteen drug related murders in the capital. Whilst under his command, Andrew Hayman expanded Operation Trident from a borough based initiative to a pan London operation. Before joining the Met, he served in Essex Police Service, his last post being divisional commander in Chelmsford

Andrew Hayman started his career with Essex police in 1978 when he served as a police constable in Leigh on Sea. From there he moved into the CID. In 1990, whilst a detective sergeant at Basildon he received a Crown Court and Chief Constable's commendation for his investigation of the 'Chinese Murders'. He was again commended whilst serving as a detective inspector in 1992 for his investigation into a series of sex offences against juveniles. Andrew Hayman also took part in a 'management exchange' scheme with the Met in 1992 and was seconded to Rochester Row for six months. It was during this time that he became interested in working in the Met.

During 1996 whilst posted at Chelmsford HQ of Essex Police he set up the Community Safety Department which established a strategy of working in partnership with other agencies and local councils, so foreshadowing the Crime and Disorder Bill. He also led Essex's drug strategy '2 Smart 4 Drugs' which won a national media award and secured £250,000 of government funding to further the campaign

Andrew Hayman is secretary to the Association of Chief Police Officers Sub-Committees on Drugs, Complaints and Discipline, and Professional Standards. He is also a member of the ACPO Youth Justice Issues Working Group.

Commander Timothy Godwin
Timothy Godwin joined the Met from Sussex Police in November 1999 as Commander Crime with responsibility for major crime investigations in South London. Following this he served as the South East Territorial Police Commander and most recently as Commander Crime for Territorial Policing, responsible for developing Crime Strategies and Initiatives for Pan London Crime Operations.

His career started in the Sussex Police in September 1981. By 1992 he had attained the rank of superintendent. As a superintendent he was appointed Head of Personnel and then Divisional Commander for a large Operational Command Unit which included Crawley New Town, which has a high population density and significant ethnic minority population. In 1996 he was appointed as the Force Crime Manager for Sussex, responsible for Force Level Intelligence, Crime and Drug Operations, Scientific Support and major crime investigations. He left in 1999 to attend the Strategic Command Course at Bramshill.

Tim Godwin was educated at Haywards Heath Grammar School in West Sussex, leaving full time education at the age of sixteen to join the Merchant Navy as an Officer Cadet. Tim Godwin spent six years at sea leaving in 1981 at the rank of second mate, the Navigating Officer of the ship. During this period in the Merchant Navy, he obtained the Second Mates Foreign going Certificate of Competence and qualifications in Nautical Science.

Between 1989 and 1993, he attended the University of Portsmouth on a part time basis where he obtained a BA Honours Degree in Public Sector Studies. Following his attendance on the Strategic Command Course, Tim became a member of Cambridge University where, as a part time student, he obtained a post graduate diploma in Applied Criminology.

Tim Godwin was given a Royal Humane Society Testimonial in 1991 for rescuing a man from a high bridge over a railway line. In 1996, he was awarded the runner up prize for Equal Opportunities Achievement in the Police Service by the Home Secretary. In 1998, he was awarded the National Prize for Public Management Leadership by the Office for Public Management.

Originally from Chelmsford, Essex, Tim Godwin's family home is in West Sussex although he lives in London during the working week. He is a keen rugby fan, having played rugby in his younger years, and attends rugby matches whenever possible.

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