Chief officers

Jason Hogg

Chief Constable

Jason has 27 years police service and has worked in three police forces. He originally joined Cleveland Police in 1995, before transferring to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary in 2001 and joined Thames Valley Police in June 2016, most recently serving as Deputy Chief Constable.

On 1 April 2023, Jason was appointed as the tenth Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, taking over from former Chief Constable John Campbell.

Jason grew up in a deprived area of Hartlepool in Cleveland. He was fortunate enough to get a place at the University of Oxford in Christ Church College. During his time at University, Jason volunteered for The Gatehouse, a homeless charity in the city. It was here he met a number of police officers who were regularly called to incidents at the charity. It was those Thames Valley Police officers who inspired Jason to join the service.

He has spent most of his career working in Criminal Investigation roles, serving as a detective in every rank. He has been a member of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Child Protection and Child Death working groups and was involved in delivering training on the National Senior Investigation Officer (SIO) development programme. During his career Jason has been on extended secondments with Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

Jason is an accredited Strategic Firearms Commander, a Public Order Gold Commander, a Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Gold Commander and is part of the National Counter Terrorism Commander cadre.

Ben Snuggs

Deputy Chief Constable

Ben Snuggs has 26 years police service, previously working in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary, most recently as their Deputy Chief Constable.

From, March 2020 to September 2021 he was Assistant Chief Constable Operations with portfolio responsibility for the Joint Operations Unit and Contact Management across Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary.

On 6 April 2023, Ben took up the role of Deputy Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police.

Ben chairs the national Forensic Information Database Services (FINDS) Strategy Board on behalf of the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC). He is also the national lead for Hostage and Crisis Negotiation, having been a negotiator for 8 years.

Ben is a Strategic Firearms Commander, Counter Terrorism (CT) Commander and member of the national cadre of Chief Officers who assume overall tactical command for resolving CT incidents. Ben has a long track record of leading and supporting digital policing, and the use of science and technology to improve our service.

In 2009 he served in Afghanistan as a European Union Police Mission civilian police advisor to the Minister of the Interior.

Ben is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a degree in Law and Criminology (LL.B) and a Masters Degree in Police Leadership and Management (MSc).

Dennis Murray QPM

Assistant Chief Constable – Legitimacy and Public Value

Dennis Murray QPM joined Thames Valley Police from Northamptonshire Police in December 2021.

Dennis started his police career in 1991 in Northamptonshire as a Special Constable and then joined as a full-time officer in 1992. Throughout his career, Dennis has performed various roles within policing, including as a detective and in neighbourhood policing where he was passionate about working in partnership with diverse communities. As a Superintendent, he introduced new ways of working as well as technical advancements in drones, thermal imaging devices and fingerprint scanners. He also moved to British Transport Police (BTP) on a secondment as Chief Superintendent lead for Trust, Legitimacy and Community Policing.

During his service in Northamptonshire, Dennis was awarded the David Ryan Memorial Cup for his work with the Muslim communities, the Pride in Northamptonshire Award for his hard work and determination in relation to community engagement work, and the Brigadier Lomond Award for designing effective and efficient immersive training, which was recognised as good practice and received international recognition.

He received the Queen’s Policing Medal (QPM) in June 2021 in recognition of his exemplary career, improving diversity and developing new approaches to the police use and scrutiny of powers such as stop and search.

As the Chief Officer for Legitimacy and Public Value my focus will be overseeing the work of the Force Review as well as ensuring that our Trust, Confidence and Scrutiny approaches add value to the Legitimacy of Thames Valley Police through the delivery of key programmes such as Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and the Race Action Plan.

Rob France

Assistant Chief Constable  – Joint Operations (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and Thames Valley Police)

Strategic lead for all contact centres and the Joint Operations Unit, which includes Roads Policing, Armed Response, Public Order, Marine and Mounted Teams, across Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thames Valley.

Christian Bunt

Assistant Chief Constable – Local Policing

Christian joined Thames Valley Police in 2002 as a police constable and has worked across all ranks including patrol, neighbourhood policing and custody.

As the Assistant Chief Constable for Local Policing, a role he has held since March 2023, Christian leads the strategic delivery of local policing services, including Patrol and Response, Neighbourhood Policing, CID, Priority Crime, Domestic Abuse, and Harm Reduction Units.

Christian serves as the South East regional lead for Neighbourhood Policing, Prevention, and Mental Health. He has also led significant organisational change over many years, including most recently the restructuring of local policing, reducing eleven Local Police Areas to five Local Command Units, enhancing service delivery and performance.

Christian has had command roles across all ranks, including 17 years as a Public Order Commander. As an operational Gold Commander, Christian has managed major incidents such as the Forbury Gardens terrorist attack and most recently was Gold for the European Political Community Summit at Blenheim Palace, responsible for the public order and security operation for forty seven heads of state and HRH the King. He also spent time as the head of the Contact Management department.

Christian has been passionate about Local Policing throughout his career, holding leadership roles in Berkshire as the Wokingham LPA Commander and then in Oxford. After obtaining his Masters from Cambridge University in 2016, Christian was promoted to Chief Superintendent in 2017 as the Head of Contact Management for Thames Valley and Hampshire Constabulary.

Oliver Wright

Assistant Chief Constable – Crime and Criminal Justice

Oliver joined Thames Valley Police in 1994, where he has since been in a variety of uniform and detective roles.

He spent his first ten years in Oxford, followed by a number of years in force-wide roles, including leading on the implementation of neighbourhood policing across TVP before several years as a Detective Chief Inspector targeting serious organised crime. He became the Local Police Area Commander for Aylesbury Vale in 2014. He spent many years as a public order commander, including command of significant operations, including football matches, large protests and major annual events such as Royal Ascot.

In 2017, Oliver joined Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE), the counter terrorism unit covering the South East of the UK, where he had a wide range of responsibilities as detective superintendent, leading a range of significant investigations and operations across the South East region and nationally.

In June 2020, he was appointed Senior Investigating Officer for the counter terrorism investigation into the attack at Forbury Gardens in Reading, which led to the attacker receiving a whole life order sentence. In February 2022, Oliver was promoted to Detective Chief Superintendent as the Head of CTPSE, responsible for leading the UK Counter Terrorism Policing network’s activity across the South East and elsewhere. He also had a number of national responsibilities for the network.

Oliver graduated from the University of Southampton in 1994 with a Bachelor's degree in History, and from the University of Cambridge in 2013 with a Masters’ degree in Applied Criminology and Police Management.

Andrew Gould

Assistant Chief Constable – South East Regional lead for Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime.

He has over 27 years' worth of policing experience having started his career in 1998 in the Metropolitan Police Service undertaking a number of roles in both uniform and detective ranks in local policing and counter terrorism. ACC Gould has transferred from City of London Police and previously led the National Cybercrime Team in the City for National Police Chief's Council. He has been responsible for the police response to cybercrime at the national, regional and local level, including overseeing the operational activity of Regional and Force Cybercrime Units and supporting the response to major national cyber incidents.

The new ACC has also led the development of an effective police capability on the Dark Web, and in Cryptocurrency and is a Global Cybercrime Expert for Interpol. Prior to cybercrime, ACC Gould worked in the Counter Terrorism Command in the Metropolitan Police, including as a CT Senior Investigating Officer leading investigations and operations in the UK and overseas. Andrew graduated from the University of Leeds in 1997 with a B.A. in Politics and Parliamentary Studies. He also has a MSC in Police Leadership and Management graduating from the University of Leicester in 2007.

Mike Lattanzio

Assistant Chief Officer – Chief Information Officer

Mike has over 30 years’ experience working in IT across finance, insurance, retail and tourism sectors before coming to Thames Valley Police and he continues to drive transformation and shape the portfolio for the future.

Nicky Cornelius

Assistant Chief Officer – Chief People Officer

Nicky has worked across numerous roles in the public sector; including Local Government, the Probation Service, Policing and most recently within the NHS as Chief Officer. She also worked for 11 years at Hampshire Constabulary, including four years as Assistant Chief Officer for Corporate Services.
Nicky holds a Master of Studies with Distinction in Applied Criminology and Police Management from the University of Cambridge.
She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), and member of the Independent Advisory Panel to the Military at Worthy Down.
Nicky has a strong passion for promoting the welfare and wellbeing of officers and staff. During her time with Hampshire Constabulary, she was one of the initiators of a project which supported officers who were assaulted in the course of duty.
Nicky is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the forces People Management, Learning and Development. This includes recruitment, workforce planning, training, occupational health, wellbeing and employee relations.

Linda Waters OBE

Assistant Chief Officer – Chief Finance Officer

Linda is a chartered accountant and has been with Thames Valley Police for 25 years. She was appointed to the role of Director of Finance in 2012.

The Finance department is responsible for providing the full range of financial services to the force including financial management, payroll and procure to pay.

Jason Morley-Smith MStJ

Chief Officer - Special Constabulary

Jason joined Thames Valley Police Special Constabulary in 2000 and was appointed Chief Officer of Thames Valley Police Special Constabulary in November 2016.

In 2002 he was awarded an Area Commander's Commendation for saving the life of a member of the public, who had collapsed and was in cardiac arrest. He has also served as the senior special constable for several high profile public events across the force. In 2007 was awarded the title of Thames Valley Police Special Constable of the Year and in 2015 was recognised by Her Majesty the Queen and invested in the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem for his services to St. John Ambulance for over 35 years.

Jason has served at every rank in the special constabulary whilst in Thames Valley Police and leads over 500 specials. He is a member of the Association of Special Constabulary Chief Officers (ASCCO) and is the Deputy Regional representative for the South East Forces, where he represents the interests of Thames Valley, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex and British Transport Police (Southern Region).

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