Background:

Join Pete O’Doherty, Temporary Commissioner of the City of London Police (CoLP), as he discusses the evolving challenges of cyber and economic crime and how CoLP is leading the national response. With his experience both as lead of the CoLP’s Economic Crime Directorate, which acts as the National Lead Force for fraud on behalf of UK policing, and current National Police Lead for Cyber and Economic Crime, Pete will offer unique insights into the strategies being employed to tackle these complex threats.

Pete will also highlight the planned developments for the Salisbury Square site in EC4, a key initiative designed to enhance CoLP’s capabilities in combating cyber and economic crime. This new infrastructure aims to integrate innovative technology, improve operational efficiency, as well as provide new facilities for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service.

This session is essential for those interested in the future of policing in the digital era and the steps being taken to address some of the UK’s most pressing security challenges.

Speaker: Prior to joining the City of London Police (CoLP) in January 2022 as Assistant Commissioner, Pete O’Doherty was Assistant Chief Constable at Thames Valley Police (TVP) where he was the South East Regional Lead for Counter Terrorism, and Serious and Organised Crime. Pete had performed this role since July 2019 after graduating from the Strategic Command Course in March 2019. In this role, Pete worked to the Chief Officer Management Boards across Thames Valley, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent.

After graduating from the University of Nottingham with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, Pete started his career with the CoLP where he spent a number of years at different ranks as a detective working across volume, major and specialist crime. Pete went on to specialise in cyber and economic crime, and was, later in his service, seconded into the Metropolitan Police Service as the Head of Uniformed Operations at the London Borough of Newham.

In 2017, Pete returned to the CoLP as Detective Chief Superintendent, Head of Crime and Counter Terrorism, and then went on to lead the CoLP’s Economic Crime Directorate that acts as the National Lead Force for fraud on behalf of UK policing. Throughout his career Pete has worked extensively across government and across sectors to significantly improve the local, regional and national response to cyber and economic crime. In 2018, Pete won the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s prestigious ‘40 under 40’ award for his work in this field.

Pete is also an experienced Gold Public Order Commander and Strategic Firearms Commander with multi-force experience, previously a Hostage and Crises Negotiator, and currently the national policing lead for Special Branch reform, Intellectual Property Crime, and Controlled Drugs Liaison Officers.

In October 2023, Pete took on the role of Temporary Commissioner of the City of London Police and is now the National Police Lead for Cyber and Economic Crime.