Andrew Gibson Brown

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Andrew Gibson Brown, CBE, [1] QPM (born 11 April 1945) was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 2004 to 2007. [2]

He was educated at Kelso High School. He began his career as a Police Cadet in 1961; and by 1998 was Assistant Chief Constable (Crime) with the Lothian and Borders Police. He was Chief Constable of Grampian Police from 1998 to 2004. [3]

Notes

  1. People's choice is at the heart of awards. The Times (London, England), Saturday, June 14, 2003; pg. 43; Issue 67789
  2. Herald Scotland
  3. ‘BROWN, Andrew Gibson’, 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 27 May 2016
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Preceded by HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland
20042007
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