Chief Constable, Merseyside Police and ACPO Head of Crime Business Area.

Jon Murphy joined Merseyside Police in 1976 and has served most of his 31 years as a detective. In 1995 he was awarded a Fulbright Police Fellowship and worked for six months in California with the FBI and other US Law Enforcement Agencies.

In 2001 Jon left Merseyside Police when appointed Assistant Chief
Constable (Operations) of the UK National Crime Squad. He worked
extensively in partnership with overseas law enforcement as Head of
Operations. In September 2004 he returned to Merseyside Police on promotion to Deputy Chief Constable.

On October 1st 2007 he was appointed the ACPO National Serious &
Organised Crime Co-ordinator, he is currently seconded from that role to the UK Home Office as Head of the National Tackling Gangs Action Programme. Jon is national police portfolio lead for Serious & Organised Crime, and Telephone Interception.