Derek Penman
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Derek Penman, QPM was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland between January 2014 and March 2018.[1][2]
Penman joined Central Scotland Police as a cadet in 1982 rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent by 2007.[3] In 2008 he became Assistant Chief Constable (Crime and Specialist Operations) of Grampian Police. In 2011 he returned to Central as Deputy Chief Constable and was for a while Temporary Chief Constable[4] before becoming Assistant Chief Constable (local policing, north) for the new Police Scotland.[5]
He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[6]