John Yates (police officer)

John Yates (born 1959) is a former Assistant Commissioner in the London Metropolitan Police Service (2006 - 2011). As leader of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)'s Special Inquiry Squad (often called the "Celebrity Squad"), Yates was dubbed "Yates of the Yard" by the British press following his involvement in a number of cases with high media profiles. Yates came to particular prominence for heading the Cash for Honours investigation. Yates also coordinated the UK police response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, heading "Operation Bracknell", for which he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal He resigned in July 2011 over criticism of a July 2009 review he carried out of the 2006 police investigation of the News of the World royal phone hacking scandal.

Background

Yates was born in Liverpool "to a family of doctors".Ed Vulliamy, The Observer, 11 February 2007, Yates was educated at Marlborough College, and went on to study at King's College London (BA Hons Medieval and Modern History, 1981) and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (Dip. Applied Criminol.)

Career

Yates joined the Metropolitan Police in 1981. He served as a senior detective in North and West...
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