Daphne Skillern
QPM | |
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Head of C1 Department, Metropolitan Police | |
In office August 1977 – 1980 | |
Head of CO Branch, Metropolitan Police | |
In office 1974 – August 1977 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kathleen Daphne Skillern 29 November 1927 |
Died | 20 October 2012 | (aged 84)
Kathleen Daphne Skillern QPM (29 November 1927 – 20 October 2012) was a British police officer. She was the second woman to hold the rank of commander in the London Metropolitan Police (after Shirley Becke) and the first woman to head a branch at Scotland Yard apart from A4 (Women Police), which was disbanded in 1973; in 1974 she took command of CO (Commissioner's Office) Branch, responsible for research and personnel.
Skillern spent most of her career as a
Queen's Police Medal
(QPM) in the 1979 Birthday Honours and retired in 1980.