David Gray, CBE, QPM (18 November 1914 – 28 December 1999) was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 1970 to 1979.
Gray was educated at Preston Grammar School. He joined the Renfrew and Bute Constabulary and progressed steadily upwards. He was Chief Constable of the Greenock Burgh Police from 1955 to 1958 where he was an early advocaste of Community Policing. He was the Honorary Secretary of the Scottish Chief Constables Association from 1958 to 1969; by Louise A. Jackson, Angela Bartie and Chief of the Stirling and Clackmannan force from 1958 to 1969.
Notes
- Herald Scotland
- "Handbook of Policing" Newburn, T p193: Abingdon-on-Thames, Taylor & Francis, 2008 ISBN 978-1-84392-323-7
- "Policing Youth: Britain, 1945–70" Jackson, L/Bartie, A p85: Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2014 ISBN 978-0-7190-81781
- 'GRAY, David', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 May 2016
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| Preceded byAndrew Meldrum | HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland 1970–1979 |
Succeeded byEdward Frizzell |
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