POLICEMAN Mike Glanville has risen from beat bobby to third in charge of Dorset Police.

He has been appointed as the force’s new Assistant Chief Constable (Operations) by the Dorset Police Authority.

ACC Mike Glanville described the new position – after nearly 30 years with Dorset Police – as a ‘real privilege’.

He said: “I am privileged to be able to serve the people of Dorset as an assistant chief constable and delighted to be able to continue to work with the Police Authority and force colleagues for the benefit of our communities.

“Together with my colleagues in the chief officer team, my priority is to deliver top quality policing and a Dorset that feels safer and is safer.”

ACC Glanville, aged 45, is a married father of two daughters who lives in Weymouth.

His role will include management of operational policing, including CID and the Criminal Justice Department.

He joins Adrian Whiting at the Assistant Chief Constable rank. ACC Whiting has become the force’s assistant chief constable with responsibility for specialist operational support and security at the 2012 Olympic sailing events in Weymouth and Portland.

The post has been funded out of the Government grant for the force’s Olympic security operation.

ACC Glanville started with Dorset Police as a cadet and has headed the county’s CID.

He was appointed after a national recruitment campaign and selection process.

Dorset Police Authority chairman Mike Taylor praised Mr Glanville as ‘an officer of extremely high calibre with a considerable depth of policing experience’.

He added that his appointment ‘further strengthens Dorset’s successful chief officer team’.