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Maria Wallis QPM (b. 13 Aug 1955) was the Chief Constable of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary in the United Kingdom from 2002 until 26 July 2006. A native of County Fermanagh, she commanded the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary which included responsibility for 3,500 police officers, more than 2,000 civilian staff and 362 police community support officers. Chief Constable Wallis commanded the largest geographical police area in England, extending 180 miles from the Dorset and Somerset borders in the east to the Isles of Scilly in the west. ==Career== Wallis joined the Metropolitan Police as a constable in 1976 after graduating from Bristol University with a degree in Social Administration and Sociology. Prior to her service with Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Wallis served with the Metropolitan Police Service for 18 years undertaking various roles including working at the Community Relations Policy Unit at New Scotland Yard as a Chief Inspector, with responsibility for developing policies on Domestic Violence〔(Joint Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)Study )〕 and Racial Attacks, as well as working as a Detective Superintendent in South East London. She became the Deputy Chief Constable of Sussex where Wallis was awarded the Queen's Police Medal(QPM) in January 2002.〔(BBC News World Edition )〕 At the time Wallis was short-listed to head the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in her native Northern Ireland, but withdrew following her promotion to Devon & Cornwall.〔 ()〕 As Chief Constable of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Wallis presided over the fourth largest reduction in crime out of all the police force areas of the UK in 2005-2006. Attempts at controlling overtime costs and the implementing labor study recommendations brought undue criticism on Chief Constable Wallis. Mass protest arose from the attempt to implement recommendations of a position regrading study. The evaluation was a re-grading exercise which was meant to ensure fair pay for all, but meant some faced pay cuts of up to £8,000< causing hundreds to protest.〔(BBC News )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Wallis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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