Colin Frederick Bailey, QPM [1] (born 17 October 1943) is a British retired senior police officer. Between 1995 and 2000, he served as the Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Constabulary. [2] Bailey was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle and the University of Sheffield. He was with the Lincolnshire Constabulary from 1960 to 1986. He was Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police from 1986 to 1990; and Deputy Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Constabulary from 1990 to 1995. [3]
Leicestershire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland in England. Its headquarters are at Enderby, Leicestershire.
Patrick Tomkins QPM was appointed HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland by Royal Warrant in March 2007 and retired from the post in April 2009. He was formerly the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police, which he joined in 2002 and was succeeded by David Strang. He initially joined Sussex Police in 1979 and in 1993 transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service as a Chief Superintendent. He served as divisional commander at Paddington Green before being promoted to Commander to attend the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1997, where he took the prize for the best research paper that year. He served as Commander (Crime) for the then 1 Area (Central), where he led a multi-force search for the serial rapist Richard Baker, and was the day shift Gold commander for the policing of the occupation of the Greek Embassy in London in 1999. In 1999 he was seconded to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner.
Nottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands area of England. The area has a population of just over 1 million.
Sir Ronald Hadfield was the Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police from June 1990 until July 1996. He had previously served with Lancashire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police and Derbyshire Constabulary and was, from 1987 to 1990, Nottinghamshire Police's chief constable. His nickname was "Biffo".
Sir Lawrence Byford was an English police officer who served as Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1983 to 1987. His inquiry into the failings of the Yorkshire Ripper investigation by West Yorkshire Police earned him the description "the man who changed the face of modern policing" because it "led to fundamental changes in the way serial killer investigations would be carried out in future across the world".
Sir Richard Stanley Barratt, CBE, QPM was chief inspector of constabulary from 1987 to 1990.
Sir John Woodcock was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from January 1990 to July 1993.
Sir Edward James Dodd, CBE, OStJ, QPM was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1963 until his death.
Sir David Joseph O'Dowd, was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1996 until 2001.
Sir Keith Povey, QPM was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 2002 until 2005.
Sir Trefor Alfred Morris was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1993 to 1996.
Andrew Meldrum, CBE, KPM was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 1966 to 1969.
David Gray, CBE, QPM was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 1970 to 1979.
Edward Frizzell, CBE, QPM, OStJ was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 1979 to 1983.
Sir Colin Sampson, was a British police officer who held several senior police posts in the last decades of the 20th century.
Sir William George MacKenzie Sutherland, often known as Bill Sutherland, was a British police officer.
Sir Hugh Roy Graham Cameron, QPM was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 2002 to 2004.
Andrew Gibson Brown, CBE, QPM was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 2004 to 2007.
Andrew Laing was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 2010 to 2013.
Sir John Andrew McKay, CBE, OStJ, QPM was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1970 until 1972.