About Ron Hope
Lived 1950 – 2022 (aged 71–72). Ron Hope was a British police officer.
Ronald Hope (29 January 1954 – 12 June 2022 ) was the first non-white police officer in the United Kingdom to be promoted to the rank of inspector, on 28 December 1979.
Hope was born in South London, but grew up in Watford. His father was from Guyana and his mother was white English. On promotion to inspector at the age of 25 he was posted to Marylebone as a uniformed officer.
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first non-white police Inspector in UK
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Ron Hope was born in 1950.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ron Hope. https://biography.guide/ron-hope/
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