Derek Penman, QPM was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland between January 2014 and March 2018.[1][2]
Penman joined Central Scotland Police as a cadet in 1982 rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent by 2007.[3] In 2008 he became Assistant Chief Constable (Crime and Specialist Operations) of Grampian Police. In 2011 he returned to Central as Deputy Chief Constable and was for a while Temporary Chief Constable[4] before becoming Assistant Chief Constable (local policing, north) for the new Police Scotland.[5]
He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[6]
Notes edit
- ^ "New HM Inspector of Constabulary". ScotlandGovernment. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "New HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland appointed". HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Meet Our Team". HMICS Scotland. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Alan Robertson (30 April 2014). "Under inspection: HMICS Derek Penman". Holyrood Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Police Scotland senior officer leaves force for new job". BBC News. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "2014 Birthday Honours". The London Gazette.
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