Tony Melvile Gloucestershire Constabulary Chief Constable WEF 1st January 2010

Tony Melville was appointed the Deputy Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary in January 2007. He had worked with the Constabulary since 2003 as an Assistant Chief Constable.

During his time as Deputy Chief Constable he has led the work returning 200 police officers to uniform front line duties, and significantly improving the confidence of local people and their levels of satisfaction with the policing provided.

As a Chief Officer he took the lead in a variety of areas, he oversaw the roll out of Neighbourhood Policing across Devon and Cornwall and led work to maximise the time officers are able to spend outside the police station. For a year he was the chief officer responsible for HR and training. He also led the Constabulary’s work on significant reorganisation to focus on providing better services tackling both local issues and serious and organised crime.

During 2005, on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), he had national responsibility for tackling knife crime, including a national knife amnesty. He is a member of the ACPO drugs committee and leads on “National Tackling Drugs Week” in support of the national drugs strategy.

In June 2008 he played a lead role in dealing with the bombing incident in Exeter City Centre.

Tony Melville’s career began in 1981 when he joined Warwickshire Constabulary having spent three years as a police cadet. He served there in all ranks up to Detective Chief Superintendent gaining a wide range of operational experience before moving to Devon and Cornwall. He has experience as a beat officer, traffic officer and detective.

As a firearms commander and hostage negotiator he has dealt with a number of challenging incidents. He has been in charge of communications and support teams as well as two years as a BCU commander.

In 2000 he worked on secondment in the private sector experiencing leading change and partnership working outside the public sector. The following year he conducted a comparative policing visit to Ontario Provincial Police in Canada exploring different approaches to Neighbourhood Policing.

Tony Melville is married to Jacqueline and they have three boys. They currently live in mid Devon but the family will be looking to settle in the Gloucestershire area.

He has a Masters Degree in Organisational Management from Manchester University and an Advanced Diploma in Criminology from Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management and a member of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives. He is a graduate of the Strategic Command Course 2001 and the Cabinet Office top management programme in 2009.