Ian Hopkins
Ian Hopkins,, is a senior British police officer. Since October 2015, he has been Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police.
Career
Hopkins joined Greater Manchester Police in April 2008 on promotion to assistant chief constable. He started his career in Staffordshire Police in 1989 and has served in Northamptonshire Police and Cheshire Police. In 2011 he undertook a three-month secondment as syndicate director for the Strategic Command Course. He was appointed deputy chief constable of GMP in December 2011 with responsibility for force performance, the Force Change Programme and corporate communications. He was appointed as chief constable of GMP in October 2015.Hopkins was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the Birthday Honours 2016.
Views
Hopkins is concerned that cuts to police funding will reduce the effectiveness of the Greater Manchester Police. Hopkins, maintains he had hoped for 6,300 officers by March 2021 but now expects 5,709, which is fewer than there were in 1975. Hopkins stated, “Clearly we would always look to save money without job cuts, but the reality is 83% of our budget is people and after eight years of efficiencies across all parts of the organisation – which has seen us make reductions of £183m – there would be little alternative but to cut posts, both officers and staff. This would just get worse as we would have to further prioritise against threat, harm and risk, screen out more and more crime. Essentially we would just have to focus on providing a response function, a serious and organised crime capability and a custody function as the core capabilities of policing.”Honours
Hopkins was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in the 2016 Birthday Honours.| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
| Queen's Police Medal |
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| Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal | ||
| Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal | ||
| Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |