David James Reid Strang CBE QPM is a former senior police officer and public servant from Scotland. He has worked in a number of senior roles in the criminal justice sector, most notably as Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland.
Strang was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow Academy and Loretto School. [1] [2] Strang then went on to study engineering science at the University of Durham, graduating with a BSc, before studying for an MSc in organisational behaviour at the University of London. [1]
Strang began his police career with the Metropolitan Police in 1980. [3] He was posted to a number of different divisions as well as time with Criminal Investigation Department, Territorial Support Group and a secondment to the Police Staff College, Bramshill. After rising to divisional commander of Wembley Division, he left the force in 1998 [3] and was appointed assistant chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police.
In August 2001 Strang was appointed chief constable of Dumfries and Galloway Police. He led a number of initiatives, focusing on alcohol and drug action as well as youth justice [1] and was president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland during the 2004/05 year. [4] On 29 March 2007 he was appointed chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police and served in that role until the force was amalgamated into Police Scotland.
Strang was a member of the Scottish Prisons Commission which published a report entitled Scotland's Choice in 2008. [5] In 2013 he was appointed as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland in succession to Hugh Munro, a post which he held until 2018. He was subsequently appointed as chair of the Independent Inquiry into Mental Health Services in Tayside. [6]
Strang was appointed Chair of the Scottish Government's Drugs Death Taskforce in January 2022, [7] following the resignation of Professor Catriona Matheson in December 2021. [8]
| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
 | Order of the British Empire (CBE) |
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 | Queen's Police Medal (QPM) |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
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 | Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal | |
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