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The former commander of Protection Command, Peter Clarke, is probably the most senior policeman within the Shadow Court, having retired as an Assistant Comissioner of the London Met in 2008. From 2002, he served as the head of the Counter Terrorism Command within the Metropolitan Police Service.

As deputy director of personnel, he unofficially condoned unorthodox actions by certain detectives of the Flying Squad who had become aware of supernatural crimes. Other policemen suspected them of editing their testimony and even manufacturing evidence, as the case that saw the inside of the courtroom often had little resemblence to the events that had occured. They escaped all official censure for their actions, with the official explanation being that no wrongdoing was proved against them.

In the modern day, these detectives form the nucleus of a supernaturally-savvy group of policemen within the Flying Squad. Even many of their less credulous companions may accept their assistance in cases where something doesn't quite add up, but they have an unfavourable reputation even after the whitewash overseen by Clarke.

It was not long after becoming the head of Counter Terrorism Command in 2002, that Peter Clarke laid out the data he collected on paranormal threats to the Hon. Eliza Manningham-Buller, head of the Security Service. Where he had not been notably successful in convincing his fellow policemen, he found Manningham-Buller more receptive.