Formerly Assistant Chief Constable West Midlands Police and spokesman for ACPO

Now promoted to IND (Immigration and Nationality Directorate) as Senior Director

25th July 2006

It has been announced today that Home Secretary John Reid has appointed Stuart Hyde as a senior director of enforcement at IND (Immigration and Nationality Directorate).

The Home Office has been notified of the outstanding complaint against Hyde, currently with the IPCC.

The complaint against Stuart Hyde has been in the complaints system for over a year and was last pursued on 13/07/2006.

25th Feb 2005

BBC: 'Isn't it possible, do you accept it is possible to inadvertently come across indecent images on the Internet, out of curiosity?'

Stuart Hyde: "No."

http://xuk.biz/UKLR/Landslide/audio/stuarthydeno.wma

11th Jan 2005

Mr Hyde said that although suspects may suffer distress after their arrest, there may be other factors that prompt them to take their lives. Their decision to download child porn images from the Internet in the first place may have been the result of deep-seated relationship or lifestyle problems, for example.

Times online.

November 2004

"My concern and the concern of my colleagues is that this is new business for the police service and therefore needs to be treated as such."

For a full Radio 4 broadcast involving Stuart Hyde, click here.

"Officers treated suspects “with dignity and sensitivity” when arrested.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1435042,00.html

“We have learnt a great deal from this work and will continue to build on our success."

http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.archive-2004.38.htm