Steve Allen MA(KCL), BA(Hons), DipAppCrim, psc(j)
Deputy Chief Constable

Steve Allen joined Lothian and Borders from the Metropolitan Police.

From 1985 Steve served with the Avon and Somerset Constabulary where he held a variety of operational posts.

In 1998/99 he attended and graduated from the Joint Services Command and Staff College, where he studied with officers from the three armed services of the UK and many other countries. Steve then became Divisional Commander for the city of Bath and North East Somerset.

Steve joined the Metropolitan Police in 2003. On joining the MPS he took command of the MPS Diversity Directorate. As MPS lead for Family Liaison he managed the response to families affected by the Tsunami in 2005 and again, in the immediate aftermath, to the families affected by the London bombings of July 2005.

In 2006 Steve was given the task of creating the MPS Violent Crime Directorate. This gave him responsibility for a range of public protection and volume violent crime performance across London.

Between April 2007 and January 2009 he was the Commander of the City of Westminster, responsible for policing the heart of the capital city, leading a team of over 2000 police officers and staff.

Steve was then posted to the Human Resources Directorate where he was the MPS Director of Training and Development. Between 2006 and 2009 he was the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead for Honour-based Violence and Forced Marriage.

He holds a Diploma in Applied Criminology, a BA (Hons) degree in Politics and a Masters in Defence Studies.

Steve was appointed Deputy Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police on 11 January 2010. He has reponsibility for Corporate Development, Corporate Communications, Complaints and Conduct as well as deputising for the Chief Constable.