Policing Paul Condon joined the police in 1967. He became
Chief Constable of
Kent in 1989 and
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1993 at the age of 45, the youngest person to do so, stepping down in 2000. His tenure as head of the Metropolitan Police Service was marked by the
Stephen Lawrence case, which became a major controversy. The subsequent public Macpherson Report found the force to be "
institutionally racist" and that the failure to arrest and successfully prosecute those believed guilty brought about many changes in the way the Metropolitan Police investigated murder within the capital. In 1995, Condon attracted controversy and media attention for stating that most muggers are black. Other challenges Condon faced were sectarian violence over the Irish partition, the
funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, the millennium celebrations and
police corruption, which led to 70 people being charged, 100 police officers suspended and changes to legislation.
Post-police career Just six weeks after his retirement from the Metropolitan Police, Condon became head of the
International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit, investigating the game's
betting controversies. In March 2007,
Mohammed Al Fayed launched legal action in France against Lord Condon, alleging he deliberately withheld evidence from the French inquiry into the death of the Princess of Wales in 1997. Condon was also named to assist Jamaican Police in their inquiry into the strangulation murder of
Pakistan's World Cup cricket coach,
Bob Woolmer.
Director of G4S PLC Condon was deputy chairman of the board of
G4S until he retired from the board in 2012. ==Honours==