Pandemic policing deputy chief constable to retire in May

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Pandemic policing deputy chief constable to retire in May

DCC Paul Netherton spent the last six months seconded to Home Office to help with the national response to COVID-19.

Date - 17th February 2021
By - Gary Mason

DCC Paul Netherton who has been seconded to the Home Office during the pandemic to help co-ordinate the national policing response to COVID-19, will retire in May. He was also heavily involved with the policing preparations for Brexit having built...

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