abstract:Timothy John "Tim" Godwin, OBE, QPM is a senior British police officer, and former Deputy Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service,Deputy Commissioner Tim Godwin, Metropolitan Police Service having served from July 2009 until November 2011. He held the post of Acting Commissioner, following the resignation of the Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson in July 2011 and remained in post until his replacement, Bernard Hogan-Howe, was formally appointed on 12 September 2011.