Merseyside Police's new Deputy Chief Constable is an investigator to his core.
Wavertree born and bred, Chris Green has spent 30 years in his home force serving in every rank as a detective, with a couple of brief interruptions on secondment heading up the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU).
This month, the former street bobby who started his career out on the streets of Prescot and Rainhill before becoming a detective constable, took over as the second most senior officer in Merseyside, following the retirement of his predecessor, Ian Critchley. His promotion came after a year quite unlike anything he had seen in his 30 years as a policeman.