Chief Executive
Peter Robbins OBE, QPM
Chief Executive
Having joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1971, Peter rose to the rank of Borough Commander for Hackney. During his career he worked in the Obscene Publications Branch at Scotland Yard and liaised regularly with Child Protection Units. He specialised in inner city policing and public disorder events and acted as an independent police advisor to the Independent Electoral Commission in South Africa in 1994.
He is a member of a National Internet Crime Forum and will soon become a member of the Executive Board of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety. He was a member of the Home Secretary’s Task Force on the Protection of Children on the Internet until it was replaced by the new UK Council for Child Internet Safety. He chaired a national Search Engine Working Group on behalf of the Government which culminated in the publication of a good practice guide for search providers and consumers. He regularly presents at events relating to illegal online content and frequently speaks to the media at home and abroad.
Peter was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s 2008 New Years Honour’s list for services to Children and Families.
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