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Head boy?

I question whether he was ever head boy at BRGS. The school's web site has a list of head boys, and he is not included. See http://www.brgs.org.uk/alumni/headboysgirls.asp. 87.114.161.205 (talk) 23:01, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The source given in the article is a school newsletter from Spring 2004, in which he is referred to as a former head boy. — Pretzels^Hii! 22:42, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Queen's Police Medal

The article needs something about when, and if possible why, he was awarded this. Totnesmartin (talk) 19:33, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've added this information. — Pretzels^Hii! 22:42, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Other medals

I observe that he wears 4 medal ribbons:

The first is from the order of the British Empire - presumably a CBE to explain the "Sir"

The second is the QPM as already described

I cannot recognise the 3rd though from its colouring it is presumably a police medal of some sort

I think the fourth is the Long Service and Good Conduct medal to which one would expect him to be entitled.

95.147.37.79 (talk) 11:55, 19 July 2011 (UTC) (Andy Holt)[reply]

Sequence of Events re Wallis

"In July 2011, Stephenson's judgement was questioned after it emerged that Neil Wallis, a former executive editor of the News of the World who had been arrested on suspicion of intercepting mobile phones (relating to the News International phone hacking scandal), had since been employed by the MPS as a media consultant,..."

This suggests to me that the hiring of Wallis by the MPS happened after his arrest. I don't know if this is true or not but it sounds odd.

Wanderer57 (talk) 02:19, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the wording in article to correct the issue (I hope). Wanderer57 (talk) 14:56, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resignation from the Met during NOTW investigations

What is his current status or rank within the MPS, following his resignation from the post of Chief Commissioner? Some articles seem to have him retiring "from his post", some have him retiring "from the MPS". Prince_Philip_of_Greece (talk) 09:41, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As the article says: "Sir Paul remains the Commissioner until his replacement is announced". Wanderer57 (talk) 19:39, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, but what then? From his post (only) or from the MPS? Prince_Philip_of_Greece (talk) 13:32, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Without a source, one can't be certain. However, it would IMO be unusual for someone to resign from the senior position in such a hierarchical organization and in effect appoint oneself to a lower one. Wanderer57 (talk) 14:52, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have posed this question directly to the MPS, via the 'contact us' on their official website. Let's wait and see what they have to say! Prince_Philip_of_Greece (talk) 12:33, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

From Dave, Chief Superintendent, Staff Officer to the Commissioner: "His retirement as Commissioner is both from the post and the MPS - I can confirm he holds no other role in the MPS." Prince_Philip_of_Greece (talk) 14:35, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

a lengthy process ??

"Sir Paul remains the Commissioner until his replacement is announced, following a lengthy process under the stewardship of the Home Secretary, Mayor of London and the Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority.[5]."

Reference # 5 lists possible successors to Commissioner Stephenson and it names the people in charge of filling the post of Commissioner but there is nothing in the reference to support the statement that it will be "a lengthy process". What basis is there for saying it is lengthy? Wanderer57 (talk) 01:24, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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