Leroy Hugh Logan MBE

Leroy Hugh Logan MBE is a former police superintendent in the UK. He was both a founding member of the Black Police Association and its chairman for 30 years.

Logan left the Metropolitan Police at the rank of superintendent having been involved in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, the inquiry into the killing of Damilola Taylor and the organisation of the London 2012 Olympics. In 2020, Logan published his first book Closing Ranks, My Life as a Cop which described his time as a senior police officer in London. Red, White and Blue, a dramatisation of Logan’s decision to join and of his early time in the police service, was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom and Amazon Prime in the United States in winter 2020. Logan was played by the actor John Boyega.

Born in 1957 in Islington, London, to Jamaican parents, Logan attended Highbury Grove School for secondary education and Hackney Community College where he studied biology, chemistry and physics for A-Level. After leaving school, he attended the University of East London from 1976 to 1980 where he earned a BSc degree in applied biology. In 2013, the University of East London awarded Logan an honorary PhD for his services to policing. Logan joined the police force in 1983, having previously worked as a research scientist. He was inspired to join the police after witnessing two officers assault his father.

Logan was described by The Voice newspaper as “one of the Black officers who helped change the Met”. In 2000, he was awarded an MBE for his work in advancing policing.
As chair of the Black Police Association, he was involved in the Stephen Lawrence inquiry and the inquiry into the killing of Damilola Taylor. Logan retired as a police officer in 2013. He remains an executive member of the National Black Police Association and is a founder member of the Black Police Association Charitable Trust.

In 2003, Logan was awarded £100,000 by the Metropolitan Police following an investigation over a hotel bill. His autobiography, Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop, was published in 2020.

A contrasting life after completing his degree in applied biology, then joining the police force. A career in the police force must have been quite challenging from a job perspective, but even more so a Black Officer. To have the honour as founder member of the Black Police Association is quite an accolade, including being chairman for 30 years.

To be described by the Voice Newspaper as one of the Black Officer who helped to change the Met is creditable, and to also be involved in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, the inquiry into the killing of Damilola Taylor and the organisation of the London 2012 Olympics must have been very different and interesting experiences.

Source: Wikipedia