President: Chief Constable Alexis Boon
Alexis commenced his career with Surrey Police in 1998, undertaking uniform and detective duties as a Constable and Sergeant. Transferring to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in 2002, he worked as Detective Sergeant, Detective Inspector and Detective Chief Inspector (DCI), in Territorial Policing on Hounslow, Ealing and Westminster boroughs. During these roles he led proactive policing, major enquiries, volume and priority crime investigations, public protection, and regularly performed Tactical Firearms Commander duties. As a DCI he moved to the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) and became a CT Senior Investigating Officer (SIO), later being promoted to a Detective Superintendent SIO. During his time in CT, he led hundreds of CT operations across the UK and internationally. He moved to head up CT International Operations before becoming Detective Chief Superintendent Head of Operations at CTC. He moved to Transformation and worked as a business change manager, leading business change across all Met major change programmes. In June 2021 he was appointed temporary Commander for Central Specialist Crime, running the MPS specialist crime and proactive capabilities. He was awarded the QPM for distinguished service in the 2021 Queen’s birthday honours. On promotion to substantive Commander he led local policing in South London; with responsibility for leading 7,500 officers, numerous high profile critical incidents and performance. Following appointment as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Alexis was initially responsible for leading, delivering and improving performance across London. Later he was posted as the lead for local policing across the MPS. With responsibility for 20,000 officers he led on public protection, Violence Against Women Group and delivery of local policing on every basic command unit in the MPS. In August 2025 Alexis became the Chief Constable for the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, leading policing across the two counties.
