Derek Penman

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]

Notes

1. "New HM Inspector of Constabulary". ScotlandGovernment. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
2. "New HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland appointed". HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
3. "Meet Our Team". HMICS Scotland. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
4. Alan Robertson (30 April 2014). "Under inspection: HMICS Derek Penman". Holyrood Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
5. "Police Scotland senior officer leaves force for new job". BBC News. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
6. "2014 Birthday Honours". The London Gazette.

Police appointments
Preceded by George Graham	HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland 2014–2018	Succeeded by Gill Imery