Andy Hayman

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|name = Andy Hayman

|honorific-suffix = CBE QPM

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|office = Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, Metropolitan police

|term_start = 2005

|term_end = 2007

|office2 = Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary

|term_start2 = 2002

|term_end2 = 2005

|birthname = Andrew Christopher Hayman

|birth_date = 1959

|birth_place = Essex, England

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Andrew Christopher Hayman CBE QPM (born 1959) is a retired British police officer and author of The Terrorist Hunters. Hayman held the rank of Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations at London's Metropolitan Police, the highest-ranking officer responsible for counter-terrorism in the United Kingdom. Hayman was directly responsible for the investigation into the 7 July 2005 London bombings.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/sep/29/terrorism.july71|title='The threat is real. London is an iconic site for another attack'|last=Cowan|first=Rosie|date=29 September 2005|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=London}} He has also spoken for the Association of Chief Police Officers, first on drugs policy,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1452367/Cloud-of-confusion-over-cannabis-law.html|title=Cloud of confusion over cannabis law|author=Steele, John|author2=Jones, George|date=23 January 2004|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=London}} and later on counter-terrorism.

Early career and personal life

Born in Essex in 1959,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1571457/Andy-Hayman-profile.html|title=Andy Hayman profile|last=Steele|first=John |date=4 December 2007|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=14 January 2010|location=London}} Hayman is married and has two children. He joined Essex Police from school{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6946579.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143555/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6946579.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Would outsiders make better chief constables?|last=Hayman|first=Andy|date=7 December 2009|work=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=London}} in 1978, rising to the rank of superintendent in 1995 and subsequently to chief superintendent in 1997. In 1998, Hayman transferred to the Metropolitan Police and gained the rank of commander, taking charge of the force's drugs unit,{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/treatment-but-no-jail-for-first-drug-offence-1046537.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/treatment-but-no-jail-for-first-drug-offence-1046537.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Treatment but no jail for first drug offence|last=Bennetto|first=Jason|date=12 January 1999|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent News and Media|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=London}}{{cbignore}} before moving on to head the Directorate of Professional Standards and to serve as an aide to the deputy commissioner. From 1998 to 2005, Hayman was also the spokesman on drugs for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).

In 2002, Hayman was appointed Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary, a role in which he established the county's Major Investigation Unit, responsible for providing a quick response to serious crime in Norfolk.{{cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED27%20Jul%202004%2018:59:34:000|title=Police unit to tackle major crimes|date=27 July 2004|work=The Eastern Daily Press|publisher=Archant Regional Ltd|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=Norwich}} While chief constable, Hayman was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=57315|supp=y|page=25|date=12 June 2004}}

Specialist Operations

Rejoining the Met in February 2005, Hayman left Norfolk to become the Metropolitan Police Service's Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations,{{cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED29%20Apr%202005%2019:56:40:123|title=Few applicants for top police job|date=30 April 2005|work=Eastern Daily Press|publisher=Archant Regional Ltd|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=Norwich}} a role which placed him in overall charge of counter-terrorism operations conducted by the now defunct Special Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Branch.

Six months after taking up the post as head of Specialist Operations, Hayman was the overall head of the investigation into the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the largest criminal investigation in British history.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6552428.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143608/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6552428.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Andy Hayman: Ian Blair was a friend but he became distant and aloof|last=Hayman|first=Andy|date=22 June 2009|work=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=London}} In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his handling of the investigation.{{London Gazette|issue=58014|supp=y|page=8|date=17 June 2006}}

Hayman resigned from the Service on 4 December 2007, following allegations about expense claims and alleged improper conduct with a female member of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and a female sergeant.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3001110.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515221541/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3001110.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 May 2008|title=Police anti-terrorism chief Andy Hayman quits as rumours and allegations grow|work=The Times|date=5 December 2007|location=London|first=Sean|last=O'Neill}}Daily Telegraph, 25 July 2011, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8656580/Phone-hacking-Police-chief-Andy-Hayman-paid-for-champagne-dinners-with-News-of-the-World-journalists.html Phone hacking: Police chief Andy Hayman paid for champagne dinners with News of the World journalists]

Hayman, along with Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, was criticised by the press and the Independent Police Complaints Commission over the mistaken shooting dead of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Underground station on 22 July 2005.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/02/menezes.matthewtaylor|title=IPCC: who knew what and when|author=James Sturcke |author2=Matthew Taylor|date= 2 August 2007|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=London}}

''News of the World'' phone hacking affair

Hayman was in charge of the initial inquiry into phone hacking by the News of the World. In April 2010 The Guardian reported that he "subsequently left the police to work for News International as a columnist."The Guardian, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/04/police-ignored-news-world-evidence Police 'ignored News of the World phone hacking evidence'] 4 April 2010 He has contributed to The Times,Andy Hayman, The Times, 2 April 2010, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7084943.ece Twelve good men no longer guarantee truth]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} owned by NI, and there has "written in defence of the police investigation and maintained there were 'perhaps a handful' of hacking victims."Don Van Natta Jr., Jo Becker and Graham Bowley, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05hacking-t.html "Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond,"], The New York Times, 1 September 2010 (5 September 2010 p. MM30 of the Sunday Magazine). Retrieved 5 September 2010.

Hayman appeared before the Home Affairs Select Committee on 12 July 2011 when he confirmed that he had received hospitality from people he was investigating in relation to a criminal offence, although he regarded this as normal and operational matters were not discussed.{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 July 2011|title=Phone-hacking scandal: live coverage|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/blog/2011/jul/12/phone-hacking-scandal-live-coverage|accessdate=12 July 2011}}

During this hearing, Select Committee member Lorraine Fullbrook said that the public saw him as a "dodgy geezer" for the financial and sexual allegations surrounding his resignation from the police, for his "cosying up to the executives of News International" and for "the disaster" of his enquiry into the phone hacking scandal.