"Veness, David Christopher"@en . . . "David Veness"@en . . "Assistant CommissionerforSpecialist Operations,Metropolitan police" . "Sir David Christopher Veness, CBE, QPM is a British former senior police officer and United Nations official. He served as Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police from 1994\u20132005, leaving to serve as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security."@en . . . "United NationsUnder-Secretary-Generalfor Safety and Security" . "Police officer" . "David Christopher Veness"@en . "Veness, David"@en .