David O'Dowd
Sir David Joseph O'Dowd, CBE, OStJ, QPM (born 20 February 1942) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary[1] from 1996 until 2001.[2]
O'Dowd was educated at Gartree High School, University of Leicester, the Open University and the University of Aston.[3] He joined the Leicester City Police in 1961 rising to the rank of Chief Inspector. In 1977 he joined the West Midlands Police as a Superintendent; and in 1984 he became Head of Strategic Planning for the Metropolitan Police. He was Chief Constable of the Northamptonshire Police from 1986 until 1993. He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 2007.[4]
References
- ^ The Independent (UK newspaper, 1986 to 2016)
- ^ HMIC Profile
- ^ Debretts
- ^ ‘O’DOWD, Sir David (Joseph)’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 accessed 15 May 2016
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