NAME/RANK & STATION |
RESPONSIBILITY |
COMMENT |
Chief Constable Ronald Gregory. Wakefield |
Was in overall control of enquiry |
Resigned
June 1983 after O' Gara's allegations were published in England. |
Assistant Chief Con. George Oldfield. Leeds. |
Took control of murder hunt after the Jayne McDonald murder. |
He asked
the media to identify the Irish suspect after the McDonald murder.
Resigned June 1983. |
Det. Chief Superintendent James Hobson. Leeds. |
Assumed overall control after the Hill murder in 1980. |
Resigned
June 1983. |
Deputy Chief Con. John Bennion. Leeds |
Appointed A.C.C crime after Gregory resigned in 1983. |
Moved
from West Yorkshire after he found out about the cover-up |
Deputy Chief Con. Austin Haywood. Leeds |
Prevent press leaks to journalists during the murder hunt. |
Retired. |
Det. Superintendent Alf Finlay. Leeds. |
The Jacqueline Hill Murder enquiry and the murder of Mrs. Clay in
Dewsbury. |
Resigned
in June 1983. |
Chief Constable Colin Sampson. Leeds. |
Conducted police internal enquiry in 1981. |
Retired
1.4.1989, shortly after reading O' Gara manuscript. |
Det. Superintendent Frank Morritt. Leeds |
Jim Hobson's assistant and confidante |
Retired |
Chief Inspector Bullock. Leeds. |
Investigated the Jackson murder |
Retired |
Chief Superintendent John Clark. Dewsbury. |
In control of Sutcliffe as a suspect. |
Insisted
that Sutcliffe be interviewed by senior officers after his arrest.
Retired |
Bob Baxter Wakefield. |
Chief press officers. W.Yorks police. |
Facilitated a police cover-up. |
A.C.C. Thomas M.Cook. Wakefield |
Currently A.C.C. for crime |
Engaged
in the cover-up. |
Chief Constable Peter Nobes. Wakefield |
Assisted D.C.C. Colin Sampson in police internal enquiry |
Retired
1993. |
Superintendent Peter Silvester (community Affairs). Leeds. |
Helped organise publicity campaign to identify the Geordie tape in
1979. |
Retired. |
Det. Superintendent Geoge MacKeating. Wakefield |
Came to Ireland in 1988 to collect murder weapon. |
|
Det. Chief Superintendent Dick Holland. Bradford
|
In overall command in late 1979 when Oldfield had a heart
attack. He
got the tip-off from O'Gara. |
After
Sutcliffe's arrest, he offered him a deal for his admissions. He later
told the Sunday Times journalist that a special squad should be set up
to get the Irishman. Demoted and Resigned in 1983 |
Assistant Chief Constable John Domaille. Bradford. |
In charge of the Atkinson murder and once in overall control |
He
reissued the identikit photo of the bearded Irishman in 1977.Resigned
in 1984 |
Det.Chief Superintendent Peter Gilrain. Bradford. |
In charge of Leach murder and later in overall charge of enquiry. |
Resigned
1983 |
Chief Superintendent Keith Hellewell. |
Interviewed Sutcliffe in Jail,
Sends him XMAS cards |
Moved to
Humberside Police Force. Chief Constable of W. Yorks police since Feb
1993 |
Det. Sgt. Peter Smith. Bradford. |
Conducted Sutcliffe's 3rd interview |
At
Sutcliffe's interrogation. " Wrote down confession." Retired in 1985 |
Det. Chief Inspector George Smith. Bradford |
Investigated Leach murder. |
Searched
Sutcliffe's house on arrest. No evidence found Retired in 1981. |
Chief Superintendent Trevor Lapish. Bradford |
Investigated Pearson murder in 1978. |
Retired |
Detective Chief Inspector Wiseman. Bradford. |
Investigated the Atkinson and Pearson murders. |
Retired |
Detective Constable Andrew Laptew. Bradford. |
Interviewed Sutcliffe in 1979 |
Named
Sutcliffe as ''Ripper' suspect. His reports were shelved by Chief
Supt. Holland |
Detective Inspector John Boyle. Bradford
(Click name for details)
|
On Ripper squad. |
Recipient
of Sutcliffe's "confession." Visited Tracey in 1983 in Ireland.
Resigned July 1988. Now in jail! |
Detective Sgt. John Mason. Bradford. |
On ripper squad. |
Assisted
John Boyle with Tracey in 1983 in Ireland and met O' Gara in 1988. |
Detective Superintendent Peter Penny. Bradford. |
Investigated the Rogulsky assault in 1975. |
Retired |
Chief
Constable James Anderton. Manchester
|
Jean Jordan and Vera Millward murders.
He was a Ripper suspect himself at one time because of his resemblance
to Tracey and his lay preachers attitude towards prostitution. |
Doesn't
want to be told about it. |
Chief Superintendent Jack Ridgeway. Manchester. |
Chief of Manchester C.I.D. in charge of the Jordan and Millward
murders. |
Resigned. |
Chief Inspector Frank Atkinson Manchester. |
On Ripper squad. |
Got the
tip-off "Ripper" identity from N O' Gara in November 1979. Resigned. |
Detective Sgt. Fletcher. Manchester. |
On Ripper squad |
Got the
tip-off "Ripper" identity from N O' Gara in November 1979. Resigned. |
Deputy
Chief Constable John Stalker. Manchester.
|
Crime |
Investigated O' Gara's allegations in 1987 after his reinstatement as
A.C.C. Resigned 1987 |
Detective Constable Henderson. Manchester. |
Crime |
Met N. O'
Gara at airport in November 1979. |
Detective Constable Page Manchester. |
Crime |
Met N. O'
Gara in November 1979. |
Police Constable Webster.
Manchester. |
Investigated Jordan murder. |
|
Chief Constable A. Laugharne Preston. |
Control of the Harrison murder enquiry. |
Retired
1983. |
Deputy Chief Constable J.W. Moody. Preston. |
Responsible for the Harrison murder enquiry |
Retired
1984 |
Detective Chief Supt. Wilfred Brooks. Preston. |
In control of the Harrison murder enquiry |
with
Oldfield at Geordie tape press-conference. Resigned 1983 |
Chief
Supt. Ray Rimmer. Preston. |
Crime |
Informed
in 1983 by O' Gara. Resigned. |
Detective Constable Frank Gardner. Preston |
Interviewed Sutcliffe after his arrest re : Harrison murder. |
Sutcliffe
was eliminated by him. |
Detective
Superintendent Graham Gooch. Lancashire Police HQ. |
In 2001 he officially dismissed all this evidence. |
|
Police
Sgt. Robert Ring Sheffield.
|
Crime |
Arrested
Sutcliffe on suspicion in Sheffield. Retired. |
Sgt. John Oldham. Crewe |
Duty Sgt. When Richard Webb was charged with the |
|
Det. Chief Supt. Bert Spencer Congleton. |
Head of Cheshire C.I.D. Resigned. overall charge of murder of
Josephine Gross- Nicklaus. |
Resigned. |
Det. Chief Inspector Neville Jones, Congleton. |
In charge of prosecuting court case for police. |
Resigned. |
Det. Sgt. John Evans Congleton. |
Gross- Nicklaus murder |
Arrested,
interrogated and intimidated Webb. Resigned. |
Inspector Derek Edwin Farmer. Chester |
Gross- Nicklaus murder |
Arrested,
interrogated and intimidated Webb. |
Commander Jim Neville Scotland Yard. |
Called in to assist ripper enquiry in December 1979. |
Resigned
1981. |
Detective Chief Supt. Joe Bolton. Scotland Yard. |
Called in to assist ripper enquiry in December 1979. |
Resigned. |
Assistant Chief Constable Brian Johnson. Northumbria. |
To trace the Geordie voice. |
With
Oldfield at geordie tape press-conference in 1979. Now Chief Constable
of Lancashire Police. |
Chief
Constable James Brownlow Sheffield.
|
Arrest of Sutcliffe in Sheffield. |
Knowing
Sutcliffe was not the Ripper he ordered his men not to comment on the
arrest |
