| Howard Roberts is 47 years of age and a native of North Wales. After graduating with a degree in Law LLB (Hons) he began a policing career with North Wales, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent before, in 1999, being selected as the Staff Officer to HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
In 2001, he qualified to be a Chief Police Officer and was selected as an Assistant Chief Constable in Nottinghamshire where, initially, he was responsible for Operations, including the investigation of major crime. He has worked extensively combating the supply of class A drugs in Nottinghamshire and played a strong part in developing, with other agencies, the innovative Sherwood Project, which combines agencies to work together in teams to tackle drug fuelled offending. It has a strong emphasis on diverting offenders at an early stage into treatment and away from crime.
Selected as Deputy Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police in 2003 he has been an active member of the ACPO Drugs Committee and has held the portfolio for Drug Treatment and Education, recently becoming the Committee’s Vice-Chair.
He is also a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, and is currently part of the Home Office’s ‘Tough Choices’ Project Board working on the implementation of drug testing on arrest.
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