Alan Todd, Assistant Chief Constable, PSNI

Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd heads the PSNI’s District Policing Command which has in the region of 4000 officers and staff. He has responsibility for Local and Neighbourhood Policing across Northern Ireland.

He is the overall Police Commander with responsibility for the policing of Hate Crime and Parades within Northern Ireland.

Alan has 26 years’ experience in policing, and has previously been District Commander for the area covering Newry, Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon, as well as Chief Superintendent in District Policing Command at Headquarters. More recently, ACC Todd has held the position of Assistant Chief Constable for Operational Support Department with responsibility for providing a wide range of professional and specialist support in the delivery of front line policing.

Recently, Alan has been responsible for leading the policing of major events such as the Girod’Italia, commanding the police operation in respect of the Olympic Torch Run, co-ordinating border policing with An Garda Síochána and leading on the ServiceFirst change programme as well as transforming the Police Services contact management business area. He is also the UK National Lead for Contact Management and a member of the Board of Directors at the UK Police ICT Company.