Temporary Deputy Chief Constable Rob Griffin

Rob Griffin has spent his whole policing career with Nottinghamshire Police after joining in 1995.

In the main, Rob has spent his time in investigative roles. Promoted from DC to DS in 2002, he then went on to work in Major Crime.

In 2006 he came back into Force on promotion to Inspector and following a short period as a DMI, assumed the role of Detective Inspector at City North.

In 2010 Rob was promoted to DCI in the City, and then in 2012, returned to EMSOU Major Crime, where he undertook the role of SIO, attaining his PIP3 and later PIP4 accreditation.

Promoted to Detective Superintendent for the County area in 2015, Rob later took over as the Head of Public Protection.

In 2018 Rob was promoted to Chief Superintendent and commenced in the role as Head of Local Policing, overseeing the return for the Force back to a geographic model. During this period he also accredited as both a strategic firearms and Public Order Gold commander.

He was appointed as T/ACC in July 2021 and holds the Crime and Criminal Justice portfolio. He became substantive in that role in 2024 after successfully completing the Executive Leadership Programme. Rob was appointed as temporary Deputy Chief Constable in April 2025.

He is married and has a son who graduated from university in the USA having attended on a football scholarship, and is now undertaking PE teacher training at Loughborough University. His hobbies include football – watching Notts County and still playing (just), golf, tennis and running.