Top cop takes knight shift

Sir Peter Fahy

Greater Manchester Chief Constable Peter Fahy has been knighted at Buckingham Palace by the Queen.

The award was made in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June, for services to policing.

Sir Peter has been chief constable of one of the country’s biggest forces for more than four years.

He said in June: “I believe the award recognises the tremendous work done by the officers and staff of GMP and all that they have achieved over the past four years and their day-to-day work of dealing with so many challenges to protect the public.

“You can’t give a knighthood to a whole police force so it has been given to me as leader of such a hard-working organisation.”