Peter Vaughan BSc (Hons), Dip.App.Crim.
Chief Constable
Peter Vaughan joined South Wales Police in 1984, having achieved a BSc First Class (Management Science and Operations Research) from the University of Wales, Swansea. He also holds a Diploma in Applied Criminology and Police Management from the University of Cambridge.
Peter is proud of having spent time at every rank in South Wales Police serving the communities where he grew up and still lives. During the first part of his career he carried out a number of operational postings before taking the lead for Community Safety as a Superintendent. He then moved on to be Head of the Crime and Operations Policy Unit. He has Commanded two separate BCUs in South Wales both for a period of about 2 years, first in the Merthyr Tydfil and then, as a Chief Superintendent at Rhondda Cynon Taff.
In 2003 he attended the Strategic Command Course and in December that year he took on the role of Assistant Chief Constable for Wiltshire Constabulary. During this period, as the only Assistant Chief Constable in the force, took on responsibility for all operational matters, leading the response to a number of high profile critical incidents.
In January 2007 he returned to South Wales Police as Assistant Chief Constable and took responsibility for the Communities & Partnerships portfolio. In April 2007 he was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable in South Wales Police. Peter became Chief Constable of South Wales Police on 1st January 2010.
He is a Trustee of the South Wales Police Youth Trust, a member of the Prince’s Trust Cymru Council and a member of the Business in the Community (BITC) Advisory Board.
He is the Chair of Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Cymru and is the Chair of ACPO Acquisitive Crime Portfolio, which provides advice and guidance for the service and partners and all aspects of acquisitive crime such a burglaries and vehicle crime.