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British police officer and former Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary
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Sir Richard BarrattCBE QPM
Chief Inspector of Constabulary
In office
1987–1990
Preceded byLawrence Byford
Succeeded byJohn Woodcock
Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
In office
1975–1978
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byJames Hilton Brownlow
Personal details
Born(1928-08-11)11 August 1928
Died5 May 2013(2013-05-05) (aged 84)
ProfessionPolice officer

Sir Richard Stanley Barratt, CBE, QPM (11 August 1928 – 5 May 2013) was chief inspector of constabulary from 1987 to 1990.

Education

Barratt was educated at Saltley Grammar School.

Career

He joined Birmingham City Police in 1949, rising to become chief inspector. He was with Cheshire Police from 1965 to 1966 (superintendent to chief superintendent); and with the Manchester Force from 1967 to 1975 (assistant chief constable to deputy chief constable). He was chief constable of South Yorkshire Police from 1975 to 1978 when he joined Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

Awards

He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 1973. He was appointed a commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, and was knighted in 1984.

Ribbon Description Notes
Knight Bachelor (Kt)
  • 1988
Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  • 1981
  • Commander
  • Civil Division
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
  • 1974
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

Private life

In 1952 he married Sarah Elizabeth Hale: they had one son and two daughters, two granddaughters and two grandsons.

References

  1. ‘Barratt, Sir Richard (Stanley)’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; online edn, November 2015 accessed 14 May 2016
  2. Alumni web-site
  3. HMIC Profile
  4. "No. 49696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 April 1984. p. 1.
Police appointments
Preceded byLawrence Byford HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
1987–1990 		Succeeded byJohn Woodcock
Preceded byPosition established Chief constable
of
South Yorkshire Police
1975–1978 		Succeeded byJames Hilton Brownlow


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