District Commander for Sheffield

Temporary Chief Superintendent Shelley Hemsley

Temporary Chief Superintendent Shelley Hemsley started with South Yorkshire Police in January 1994 stationed at Hackenthorpe Police Station and has worked predominantly in Sheffield throughout her career in roles as a PC, Sergeant and Superintendent, and is very proud to be currently leading Sheffield as District Commander.  Shelley has been a tactical firearms commander since 2008, first as one of the Force Incident Managers and since as a cadre TFC and CIM.

She had the opportunity to study part-time for a Master of Studies in Police Management and Criminology at the University of Cambridge in 2017/18, during which time she studied the effectiveness of Domestic Violence Protection Notices.