David O'Dowd

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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. In 1984, along with John Smith and Wyn Jones, he was one of a trio of young provincial rising stars who were appointed to the rank of deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police as part of Commissioner Sir Kenneth Newman's drive for modernisation, [4] becoming head of strategic planning. He was Chief Constable of the Northamptonshire Police from 1986 until 1993. He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 2007. [5]

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References

  1. The Independent (UK newspaper, 1986 to 2016)
  2. HMIC Profile
  3. Debretts
  4. "Provincial policemen join Yard's top ranks", The Times , 18 August 1984
  5. ‘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
Police appointments
Preceded by HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
1996 2001
Succeeded by