The UK's first black police chief constable was today being made an honorary graduate by the University of Sussex.
Former Sussex student Chief Constable Michael Fuller was being awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws in recognition of his major contribution to policing which culminated in his appointment as head of Kent Police in January.
Mr Fuller joined the police force as a cadet in 1975 and won a commissioner's scholarship, which he used to study for his degree in psychology at Sussex.
He is one of five honorary graduates. Jacqueline Rose, Professor of English at Queen Mary University, London, Dr Keith Bezanson, director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Sir Robert Wilson, chairman of BG Group plc and Sir Keith Peters, Regius Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge, will also be honoured for their achievements.
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