Formerly Deputy Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Police

Retired as Chief Constable, Norfolk Constabulary at the end of 2006 amid allegations of misconduct.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6219863.stm

"But there has certainly been big growth for the past five years in child abuse on the internet. And that's where the big future growth will be."

"The other frightening thing is the number of people we are arresting nationally under Operation Ore [the rolling UK investigation into thousands of Britons identified by US authorities as users of child pornography websites] who are involved in abusing their own children."

http://society.guardian.co.uk/publicvoices/childprotection/story/0,,874976,00.html

Referring to Operation Ore;

"The police need to get a move on and the government needs to finance it as a matter of urgency"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2656135.stm

"Today's arrests have been a national response to a growing problem. There is also evidence that a significant proportion of people involved in child abuse on-line are themselves actual abusers.

"We now need to combat these crimes by building on the expertise which exists in forces and in national agencies. This means the development of a co-ordinated, structured effort working with government, law enforcement agencies in other countries and the internet services industry. The success of Operation Ore highlights the benefits of intelligence-led policing and national and international co-operation."

http://www.acpo.police.uk/news/2002/q2/22opore1.html

Carole Howlett, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and ACPO spokeswoman on internet child abuse, said: "There is also evidence that a significant proportion of people involved in child abuse on-line are themselves actual abusers.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=547652002

Carole Howlett, a deputy assistant commissioner at the Met, said: "Our priority so far has been to identify those individuals on the list that pose the greatest threat to children. But this process is ongoing, and it will continue, even though it is extremely resource-intensive."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,861870,00.html

Carole Howlett, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, has admitted that there is a danger of the problem escalating out of control. Child protection, she says, has to be a higher priority for the government.

http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1536429