Edward Frizzell, CBE, QPM,[1] OStJ (6 December 1918 – 25 May 1987) was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 1979 to[2] 1983.

After wartime service with the RAF he joined the Paisley Burgh Police rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector. Joining the Renfrew and Bute Constabulary as a Chief Superintendent in 1968 he rose to be its Assistant Chief Constable. In 1970 he was appointed Chief Constable of the Stirling and Clackmannan Force; and in 1975 of the newly formed Central Scotland Police Service.[3]

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  1. ^ London Gazette
  2. ^ Lure of the Law The Times (London, England), Friday, 1 Aug 1980; pg. 2; Issue 60692
  3. ^ ‘FRIZZELL, Edward’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 May 2016
Police appointments
Preceded by HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland
1979–1983
Succeeded by