Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton joined the Police Service of Northern Ireland as one of our first student officers in November 2001. Over the course of the last 23 years he has gained an extensive range of policing experience in uniform community policing roles, public order and public safety command and as a detective investigating sexual violence, terrorism and other serious and organised crime.
Between 2014 and 2016 as a Superintendent he was responsible for leading the delivery of community policing services for the city of Belfast and as a firearms and public order commander a series of complex and challenging multi-agency operations.
From April 2016 to May 2019, then a Detective Superintendent, he was the service’s lead for drugs, Organised Crime and the then newly established ‘Paramilitary Crime Task Force’ with the National Crime Agency and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
On promotion to Chief Superintendent he was first appointed as head of Legacy Investigation Branch in May 2019.
In March 2021 he was appointed Temporary Assistant Chief Constable and head of the Community Safety Department responsible for Public Protection, Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice and Custody matters.
In December 2021 he graduated from the Strategic Command Course before being substantively appointed to Assistant Chief Constable by the Northern Ireland Policing Board in January 2022.
As well as being a Strategic Firearms and Gold Public Order Commander between March 2022 and December 2024 he was the Assistant Chief Constable for Local Policing leading over 3,500 officers and staff. His responsibilities included delivery of frontline policing including neighbourhood and response policing, delivery of more than 6,500 events per year and leading the organisations community engagement and partnerships.
Assistant Chief Constable Singleton holds a degree from Queens University Belfast as well as a post graduate diploma and masters in Police Leadership and Management.
In his spare time he is a keen runner and is chair of the Police Athletic Association, a member of the Newforge Community Development trust, patron of Special Olympics Ireland and President of the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.