{{Short description|British police officer (born 1959)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = Sir |name = Peter Fahy |native_name = |native_name_lang = |honorific_suffix = QPM |image = Sir Peter Fahy visits the University of Salford crop.jpg |alt = |caption = Fahy in 2012 |order = |office = Chief Constable<br />of Greater Manchester Police |term_start = 1 September 2008 |term_end = 30 October 2015 |deputy = Simon Byrne<br />Ian Hopkins |succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--> |predecessor = Michael J. Todd<br />David Whatton <small>(Acting)</small> |successor = Ian Hopkins |office2 = Chief Constable<br />of Cheshire Constabulary |term_start2 = 2002 |term_end2 = 31 October 2008 |successor2 = Graeme Gerrard <small>(Acting)</small><br />David Whatton |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|1|18}}<ref name="FAHY, Sir Peter: Who's Who">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U249647/FAHY_Sir_Peter?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=FAHY, Sir Peter: Who's Who|access-date=13 March 2013 }}.</ref> |birth_place = London, England |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |spouse = Jenny Fahy |alma_mater = University of Hull <br /> University of East Anglia }}
'''Sir Peter Martin Fahy''' (born 18 January 1959 in London, England) is a retired senior British police officer. He was the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP),<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7521878.stm | title = Manchester police chief revealed| work = BBC News website | access-date = 23 July 2008 | date=23 July 2008}}</ref> the United Kingdom's third largest police force. He retired from the police force on 23 October 2015 after serving for 34 years.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34592397 | title = Honorary role for Sir Peter Fahy at University of Manchester| work = BBC News website | access-date = 24 October 2015 | date= 24 October 2015}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Fahy holds a degree in French and Spanish from the University of Hull, and a master's degree from the University of East Anglia.<ref name="FAHY, Sir Peter: Who's Who"/>
==Police career== He joined the police in 1981, and was the ACPO spokesman on workforce development.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.acpo.police.uk/about_pages/structure.html | work = ACPO website | title = Our Structure | access-date = 23 July 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100326043638/http://www.acpo.police.uk/about_pages/structure.html | archive-date = 26 March 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
Before taking up this post at GMP on 1 September 2008, he was the chief constable of Cheshire Constabulary, a post he held since 2002. He had been assistant chief constable at Surrey and had had positions with Hertfordshire and West Midlands forces.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1059508_fahy_new_chief_constable | title = Fahy new Chief Constable | work = Manchester Evening News website | access-date = 23 July 2008}}</ref>
Fahy has previously expressed his frustration at red tape which has been creeping into police forces across the United Kingdom. In July 2011, Fahy commanded his officers to use their common sense and criticised police policies which prevents the police from helping victims or protecting the public in certain cases.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Manchester police officers ordered to ditch red tape |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13719879 |work=BBC |date=9 June 2011}}</ref> In July 2011, Fahy was one of the frontrunners to replace Sir Paul Stephenson as the Metropolitan Police commissioner<ref>{{Cite news |title=GMP boss among favourites for Met job |url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/9181166.GMP_boss_among_favourites_for_Met_job/ |work=theboltonnews.co.uk |date=5 August 2011}}</ref> but Fahy ruled himself out of that position.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Peter Fahy rules himself out of Met commissioner contest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-14231418 |work=BBC News |date=21 July 2011}}</ref>
In July 2013, it was announced that his contract had been extended for a further three years by Greater Manchester Police Commissioner Tony Lloyd. After 30 years service, Fahy was eligible for retirement, and his contract would have ended on 31 August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Jennifer|title=Sir Peter Fahy to stay on as GMP chief constable for three more years|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/sir-peter-fahy-stay-greater-5119044|access-date=14 August 2013|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|date=17 July 2013}}</ref>
Fahy was the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead of Specials Constabulary.
In January 2014, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that they would be prosecuting him under health and safety legislation over the death of Anthony Grainger.<ref name=BBC-GMPchief>{{cite news|title=Greater Manchester Police chief faces shooting charges|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25759909|access-date=16 January 2014|date=16 January 2014|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref name=telegraph-evans>{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Martin|title=Chief Constable faces health and safety charge over fatal shooting|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10577307/Chief-Constable-faces-health-and-safety-charge-over-fatal-shooting.html|access-date=16 January 2014|date=16 January 2014|publisher=The Telegraph|location=London}}</ref>
However, in January 2015, William Boyce, at Liverpool Crown Court accepted an 'abuse of process' argument from the defence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2015-01-16/cps-unable-to-reveal-material-for-public-interest-reasons/|title=CPS: Unable to reveal material for 'public interest' reasons|work=ITV News}}</ref>
==Later life== In October 2015, Fahy was appointed an honorary professor of Criminal Justice by the University of Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary role for Sir Peter Fahy at University of Manchester|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34592397|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 November 2015|date=24 October 2015}}</ref> He gave his first public lecture on 11 November 2015. It was entitled; ''Thinking about police and public in a more divided world: reflections on 34 years of policing''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Criminal justice should be part of 'Devo Manc' - Sir Peter Fahy|url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/article/?id=15455|website=University of Manchester|publisher=10 November 2015|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>
Peter Fahy became chair of trustees of the charity We Stand Together in November 2017. He had originally established the #WeStandTogether campaign in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting and other attacks across Europe. We Stand Together was established as a charity in May 2018 in response to the Manchester Arena Attack.
In March 2021, Fahy criticised the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which he argued was a politically-motivated reaction to Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/28/protest-laws-move-uk-towards-paramilitary-policing-says-former-chief|title=Protest laws move UK towards paramilitary policing, says former chief|date=28 March 2021|access-date=14 December 2021|work=The Guardian|first1=Vikram|last1=Dodd|first2=Jamie|last2=Grierson}}</ref>
==Honours== Fahy was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours 'for services to policing'.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60173 |date=16 June 2012 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Guardian|first=The|title=Queen's Birthday Honours List 2012: Knights|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jun/16/queens-birthday-honours-knights?newsfeed=true|location=London|work=The Guardian|date=16 June 2012}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" |- style="background:silver;" align="center" |Ribbon || Description || Notes |- |40px || Knight Bachelor (Kt) || * June 2012. |- |40px || Queen's Police Medal (QPM) || * January 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/09/chief-constable-greater-manchester-police-retire-fahy|title = Chief constable of Greater Manchester police to retire| website=TheGuardian.com |date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> |- |40px || Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal || * 2002 * UK Version of this Medal |- |40px || Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal || * 2012 * UK Version of this Medal |- |40px || Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal || |- |}
* In 2018 he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Chester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.chester.ac.uk/development-and-alumni-relations-office/your-community/meet-our-alumni/honorary-graduates/honorary-2|title=Honorary Graduates 2018|date=18 March 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100817004437/http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/portfolio.htm Peter Fahy biography on GMP website]
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