Matt Jukes

Matt Jukes
QPM
Matt Jukes QPM
Assistant Commissioner ; Specialist Operations ; Metropolitan Police Service
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 2021
Preceded by	Neil Basu
Assistant Commissioner ; Met Transformation Programme ; Metropolitan Police Service
	In office; November 2020 – September 2021
Chief Constable ; South Wales Police
	In office; January 2018 – November 2020
Personal details
Born	Matthew Jonathan Jukes
Profession	Police officer

Matthew Jonathan Jukes QPM is a senior British police officer who is currently (since September, 2021) serving as an Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations within the Metropolitan Police Service.[1] He previously served as Chief Constable of South Wales Police.[2]

Career

He graduated with a BA in Mathematics from St Peter's College, Oxford in 1995, and shortly afterwards joined South Yorkshire Police as a PC.[3] He worked as a detective and in other roles from 1997 to 2006, including representing UK policing at G8 meetings and time with the precursor of the National Counter Terrorism Policing Network, and was also praised for his conduct during the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal.[4][5]

He first moved to South Wales Police in 2010 as an Assistant Chief Constable, rising to become its Chief Constable in January 2018, also being awarded a Queen's Police Medal in the New Year Honours that year. Jukes was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Cardiff University for achieving international distinction.[6] In November 2020 he moved to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) as an Assistant Commissioner, succeeding Mark Simmons and initially with a remit for the MPS's transformation programme.[7]

Honours

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Queen's Police Medal (QPM)	2018
	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

"Senior management team: who's who | Metropolitan Police". 16 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
"Anti-drug work 'not making difference needed' in Wales". BBC News. 3 January 2020.
"Matt Jukes (1992) appointed Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police". St Peter's College Oxford. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
"Chief Constable Matt Jukes leaves South Wales Police for job with the Metropolitan Police". ITV News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
"South Wales Police chief Matt Jukes: 'Too many delays in abuse cases'". BBC News. 12 January 2019.
"Honorary Fellows". Cardiff University.
"South Wales Police's Chief Constable Matt Jukes to move to the Metropolitan Police". Wales Online. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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[1] "Senior management team: who's who | Metropolitan Police". 16 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[2] "Anti-drug work 'not making difference needed' in Wales". BBC News. 3 January 2020.

[3] "Matt Jukes (1992) appointed Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police". St Peter's College Oxford. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[4] "Chief Constable Matt Jukes leaves South Wales Police for job with the Metropolitan Police". ITV News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[5] "South Wales Police chief Matt Jukes: 'Too many delays in abuse cases'". BBC News. 12 January 2019.

[6] "Honorary Fellows". Cardiff University.

[7] "South Wales Police's Chief Constable Matt Jukes to move to the Metropolitan Police". Wales Online. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.