Pippa Mills

Pippa Mills
Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Personal details
Profession	Police officer

Phillippa Mills is a British senior police officer. From 2021 to 2023 she was Chief Constable of West Mercia Police. She is now an Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police, heading, since 2024, the Met Operations portfolio.^[1]

Police career

Having studied at the University of Kent at Canterbury, Mills then served in the Metropolitan Police from 1996 to 2017, rising to Chief Superintendent (Temporary Commander), working in Westminster, Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Hackney boroughs, leading on public order events such as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton and overseeing major changes to the Met's Command and Control system.^[2]

She was heading Covert Policing and Intelligence by May 2017, when she transferred to Essex Police.^[3][2] There she was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable, then in March 2019 to Deputy Chief Constable, in which role she led the initial response to the Essex lorry deaths that October.^[3][4]

The West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner announced on 30 June that she was his preferred candidate as the next Chief Constable of West Mercia Police.^[3] Mills' appointment was confirmed on 13 July, making her the first woman to lead West Mercia.^[5][6] On 8 August 2023 she announced she would be leaving West Mercia Police to return to the Metropolitan Police as an Assistant Commissioner.^[7][2]

Honours

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal	2002 UK Version of this Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012 UK Version of this Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal	2022 UK Version of this Medal
	King Charles III Coronation Medal	2023 UK Version of this Medal
	Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

References

1. "Senior Management Team". Metropolitan Police. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
2. "New Met Assistant Commissioners appointed". news.met.police.uk. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
3. O'Brien, Lisa (30 June 2021). "Candidate nominated to be region's next chief constable 'committed to delivering excellent service'". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
4. Tyler, Jane (5 July 2021). "West Mercia Police to get its first female chief constable - and she loves dogs!". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
5. Smith, Rory (13 July 2021). "Pippa Mills named as new West Mercia Police Chief Constable". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
6. Thomas, James (18 July 2021). "Meet the first female chief for West Mercia Police". Hereford Times. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
7. "Chief Constable Pippa Mills announces departure from West Mercia". BBC News. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.