Daphne Skillern

Kathleen Daphne Skillern QPM (1927/1928 – 20 October 2012) was a British police officer. She was the second woman to hold the rank of commander in the London Metropolitan Police (after Shirley Becke) and the first woman to head a branch at Scotland Yard apart from A4 (Women Police), which was disbanded in 1973; in 1974 she took command of CO (Commissioner's Office) Branch, responsible for research and personnel.

Skillern spent most of her career as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Department. She was promoted to commander on 29 April 1974. In August 1977 she was transferred to head the C1 Department of CID, which included the Obscene Publications Squad, the first woman to head this department.[1] She was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 1979 Birthday Honours.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Woman head of obscene books squad", The Times, 20 August 1977

References

Police appointments
Preceded by
Kenneth Hannam		 Commander, C1 Department, Metropolitan Police
1977–? 		Succeeded by
Pat Carson


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