Greater Manchester Police — Leadership
The Mayoral Commissioner responsible for the oversight of Greater Manchester Police, with published priorities and contact details.
Chief officer team
- Sir Stephen Watson — Chief Constable
- Terry Woods — Deputy Chief Constable
- Tom Harding — Assistant Chief Constable
- Mark Dexter — Assistant Chief Constable
- Matt Boyle — Assistant Chief Constable
- Robert Potts — Assistant Chief Constable
- Chris Sykes — Assistant Chief Constable
- Rick Jackson — Assistant Chief Constable
- Steph Parker — Assistant Chief Constable
- John Webster — Assistant Chief Constable
- Anne-Marie Haycock — Assistant Chief Officer
- Dougie Henderson — Assistant Chief Officer
- Ian Cosh — Assistant Chief Officer
As published by Greater Manchester Police. Source · 2026-08-07.
Mayoral Commissioner
Andy Burnham (via Deputy Mayor for Policing, Kate Green)
Mayor of Greater Manchester (via Deputy Mayor for Policing) · Labour
Elected 2024 · Term ends 2028
As Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham holds the PCC function under the devolved combined-authority arrangements. Day-to-day policing oversight is delegated to Deputy Mayor for Policing Kate Green. Re-elected 2024.
Standing Together: Greater Manchester Police and Crime Plan 2024-2029
Plan period: 2024-2029
Strategic priorities
- 1Improving public trust and confidence in policing
- 2Increasing police accessibility, consistency, responsiveness and outcomes
- 3Keeping children and young people safe and preventing them from becoming involved in crime
- 4Improving support for victims of crime, including vulnerable victims, and tackling emerging crime types
- 5Reducing and preventing neighbourhood crime, retail crime and anti-social behaviour
- 6Improving road and transport safety
- 7Reducing high harm repeat offending
- 8Tackling drug, alcohol and wider addictions
- 9Reducing and preventing gender-based violence and all forms of serious violence
- 10Reducing and tackling serious and organised crime
Source: Standing Together: Greater Manchester Police and Crime Plan 2024-2029 — Mayor of Greater Manchester (via Deputy Mayor for Policing). Summarised from the published plan; see the source for the full document.
For the full police-and-crime plan, the commissioner's blog, complaints data, and how to participate in scrutiny meetings, visit the commissioner's website directly.
Visit Mayor of Greater Manchester (via Deputy Mayor for Policing)Source: Mayor of Greater Manchester (via Deputy Mayor for Policing) · Fetched 2026-07-01.