[citation needed] He was promoted to Chief Superintendent in 1969 and placed in command of a contingent of London policemen to restore order to Anguilla, which declared itself an independent republic.
[3] On his return from Hong Kong in 1975, Anning was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner, second-in-command of the Criminal Investigation Department, Metropolitan Police.
[citation needed] In 1979, Anning undertook a course at the National Executive Institute of the FBI Academy and was appointed one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary for England and Wales.
On the morning of 7 June, following a slow demonstration march of trucks and lorries, rioters gathered at Mong Kok and Yaumatei and destroyed nearby vehicles and building gates.
[citation needed] Anning was succeeded by Li Kwan Ha under instructions from Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and approval of Governor Sir David Wilson in 1989.