Sara Thornton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sara Thornton
Occupation	Police Officer
Date Of Birth	Dec 27, 1962(1962-12-27)
Age	62
Birthplace	Poole
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aquarius

Sara Thornton Biography

Sara Thornton is one of the most popular and richest Police Officer who was born on December 27, 1962 in Poole, United Kingdom. Thornton was born on 27 December 1962 in Poole, Dorset. She attended the University of Durham and gained a BA in philosophy and politics. Thornton also has a Diploma in Applied Criminology from the Cambridge Institute of Criminology.

In June 2006 she was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM). She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the police and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to policing.

She is a retired British police officer who was the first Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police and Vice-President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). She was the second consecutive head of the Thames Valley Police to move onto leadership of a national policing body; at Thames Valley she replaced former Chief Constable Peter Neyroud who, in January 2007, moved to the role of Chief executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency.

Following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in 2010, Thornton accepted that the number of crimes being solved by the force had fallen too low and needed to increase from 14%, which was then the lowest in the country.

Thornton’s policing career began with the Metropolitan Police in 1986. For the next 14 years she alternated between operational postings in West London and strategic roles within New Scotland Yard. She joined Thames Valley Police as the Assistant Chief Constable for Specialist Operations in November 2000 and was appointed Deputy Chief Constable in August 2003, where her responsibilities included performance and developing the strategic direction for the Force. More recently she has played a pivotal role in implementing Neighbourhood Policing across the Thames Valley.

Sara Thornton Net Worth

Sara Thornton is one of the richest Police Officer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sara Thornton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dame Sara Joanne Thornton, DBE, QPM (born 27 December 1962) is the current UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. She was appointed by the Home Secretary at the time, Sajid Javid, in succession to Kevin Hyland who left the post in May 2018.

Thornton holds the judgment that the police force is under-resourced and fears dealing with terrorism is taking resources away from general policing. Thornton wrote, “Every time there’s a terror attack, we mobilise specialist officers and staff to respond, but the majority of the officers and staff responding come from mainstream policing. This puts extra strain on an already-stretched service.” Thornton maintains police officer numbers are at 1985 levels with crime figures up 10% in the year to 2017 and maintains this leads to further pressure. Thornton also said, “In response to this significant threat, the government is increasing the money it spends on terrorism from £11.7bn to £15.1bn but only about £700m per annum is spent on policing. And the allocation of this budget for policing is set to be cut by 7.2% in the next three years. When the volume and nature of a threat is growing alarmingly, that is a real concern.” She has also expressed the view that the law against race discrimination in hiring practices should be revoked thus making it legal for institutions to exercise positive race discrimination when hiring, with a view to increasing the percentage of BAME police officers in England and Wales. She stated that “[race discrimination] is unlawful at the moment. If you want to do something to give a shock to the system and say we can’t wait to 2052, I think we need to do something different.”

In 2007, Thornton became Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police.

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In March 2019, following a spate of knife murders involving young people around the UK, Thornton called for the situation to be treated as a national emergency.

Facts & Trivia

Sara Ranked on the list of most popular Police Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Sara Thornton celebrates birthday on December 27 of every year.

Top Facts about Sara Thornton

1. Dame Sara Joanne Thornton was the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner from May 2019 until April 2022.
2. She was the first Chair of the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and the former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police and Vice-President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
3. She attended University of Durham and gained a BA in philosophy and politics and has a Diploma in Applied Criminology from the Cambridge Institute of Criminology.
4. Thornton was born on 27 December 1962 in Poole, Dorset.
5. She began her policing career with the Metropolitan Police in 1986.
6. she joined Thames Valley Police in November 2000 as the Assistant Chief Constable for Specialist Operations and was appointed Deputy Chief Constable in August 2003.
7. In 2007 Thornton became Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police.
8. On 1 December 2014, it was announced that Thornton would take over from Peter Neyroud to become the Chair of the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).
9. In 2015 the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board published a critical serious case review report into child sexual exploitation in Oxfordshire.
10. Thornton called for knife violence to be treated as a national emergency in March 2019.
11. Thornton believes the police force is under-resourced and fears dealing with terrorism is taking resources away from general policing.
12. Thornton supports the revoking of the law against race discrimination in hiring practices in order to increase the percentage of BAME police officers.
13. Thornton was appointed the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner in February 2019 and took up the role on 1 May 2019.
14. In March 2020, Thornton said that local authorities and not Home Office should make decisions on child trafficking cases.
15. Thornton was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) in June 2006 and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.