Helen King (police officer)

King was born on 26 April 1965 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. She is the daughter of Robert King, a senior civil servant, and Mary King (née Rowell). She was educated at The Hertfordshire and Essex High School, then an all-girls comprehensive school in Bishop's Stortford, and at the Perse School for Girls, a private school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. She graduated from the University of Oxford in 1986 with a lower second class (2:2) Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. King continued her studies in later life. In 1994, she completed a Master of Arts degree at the University of Manchester. In 2003, she completed a postgraduate diploma at the University of Cambridge. ==Career==

Police career In 1986, King joined Cheshire Constabulary as part of the Graduate Entry Scheme. Over her time serving with Cheshire, she rose from the most junior rank of constable to chief superintendent, and worked as both a uniformed officer and as a detective with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). In June 2014, King joined the Metropolitan Police Service as assistant commissioner for territorial policing. In October 2016, it was announced that she would be retiring from the police to take up a position at the University of Oxford in 2017. Academic career In October 2016, it was announced that King had been elected the next Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford; she is the first police officer to head an Oxbridge college. She took up the appointment on 24 April 2017. ==Personal life==

King was previously married but is now divorced. She has two daughters. ==Honours==

In the 2011 New Year Honours, King was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in recognition of her service as an Assistant Chief Constable of Merseyside Police. ==References==