Raymon Anning

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Raymon Harry Anning
Li Kwan Ha
Personal details
Born(1930-07-22)22 July 1930
Died20 December 2020(2020-12-20) (aged 90)
Richmond and East Sheen County Grammar School for Boys
ProfessionPolice, civil servant

Raymon Harry Anning

British Midlands and Wales.[2]
In 1983, he was posted to Hong Kong as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) until his promotion to Commissioner in 1985.

Early life

As a teenager, Anning was educated in

Richmond and East Sheen County Grammar School for Boys, East Sheen, Greater London.[3]

Police career

Curriculum vitæ
  • 1952 Joined Metropolitan Police
  • 1969 Chief Superintendent, Anguilla London contingent and Discipline Office
  • 1973 Commander, A10 Branch of New Scotland Yard
  • 1975 Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Criminal Investigation Department
  • 1975 Received Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service
  • 1979 HM Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales
  • 1980 Companion, British Institute of Management
  • 1982 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • 1983 Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Royal Hong Kong Police
  • 1985 Commissioner of Police, Royal Hong Kong Police
  • 1989 Retired

Anning joined the Metropolitan Police in 1952.[citation needed]

He was promoted to Chief Superintendent in 1969 and placed in command of a contingent of London policemen to restore order to Anguilla, which declared itself an independent republic. On return from Anguilla he commanded the Metropolitan Police Discipline Office.[3]

In 1973,

New Scotland Yard, with a codename A10, to investigate all complaints against the members of the force. Under Anning's command were 60 men (40 CID men and 20 uniformed officers) which later increased to 84. In its first sixth month, the new department investigated 451 complaints.[4] At last, 90 officers were forced out.[5] Fresh from his experience in New Scotland Yard, Anning was seconded to Hong Kong to advise the Government on the founding of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.[3]

On his return from Hong Kong in 1975, Anning was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner, second-in-command of the Criminal Investigation Department, Metropolitan Police.[citation needed]

In 1979, Anning undertook a course at the National Executive Institute of the FBI Academy and was appointed one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary for England and Wales.[3]

On 17 July 1983 Anning replaced Peter Moor and took up his appointment as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) of the Royal Hong Kong Police.[citation needed]

Anning became Commissioner of Police on 15 April 1985. Prior to the end of his office, Anning faced the instability created by the

tear gas and arrested about 10 rioters. Anning later declared that the rioters were criminals whose actual motive was not to support the protests at Tiananmen Square.[citation needed
]

Retirement

Anning was succeeded by

Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and approval of Governor Wilson in 1989.[6] He was the last Briton in the post of Hong Kong Police Commissioner.[citation needed
]

Awards and honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "前警務處長顔理國逝世享年90歲　殖民時期最後一任外籍一哥". HK01 (in Chinese). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/773/eng/f01.htm Offbeat, Issue 773, Hong Kong Police Force
  3. ^ a b c d Mr Raymon Anning, CBE, QPM, CBIM. Government Information Services of Hong Kong. October 1987. Retrieved 20 January 2010
  4. ISBN 978-0-7100-8232-9
  5. ^ "Time Line 1970 – 1989" Metropolitan Police. Wayback Machine archived 2008-04-18.
  6. ^ Government Notice #4175. Hong Kong Government Gazette No.48, Vol. CXXXI. Published 1 December 1989
  7. London Gazette
    , Issue 46444, published 31 December 1974
  8. London Gazette
    , Issue 48837, published 31 December 1981
  9. ^ Deputy Commissioner of Police Appointed. Government Information Services of Hong Kong. 5 January 1983. Retrieved 20 January 2010

External links

Police appointments
Preceded by Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong
1985–1989 		Succeeded by
Li Kwan Ha
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