Andrew Laing (born 9 August 1963, in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
) was
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) is a public body of the Scottish Government and reports to the Scottish Parliament. It has statutory responsibility for the inspection of the effectiveness and efficiency of the po ...
from 2010 to 2013.
He was educated at
Portobello High School
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, district = City of Edinburgh
, principal = Ruth McKay
, enrolment = 1297
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and
Edinburgh Napier University
, mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain
, established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College
, type = Public
, academic_staff = 802
, administrative_staff = 562
, chancellor = Will Whitehorn
, ...
. He was with the
Lothian and Borders Police
Lothian and Borders Police was the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian between 1975 and 2013. The force's headquarters were in Fettes ...
from 1982 to 2004; and the
Fife Constabulary
Fife Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council area of Fife.
The area policed by Fife Constabulary had a resident population of just over 350,000, almost a third of whom lived in one of the three princ ...
from 2004 to 2010, finishing with the rank of
Deputy Chief Constable. After his time as Chief Inspector of Constabulary he was
Director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre from 2011 to 2015.
[‘LAING, Andrew’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 201]
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People from Edinburgh
category:Officers in Scottish police forces
Scottish police officers
Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (Scotland)
Law enforcement in Scotland
1963 births
Living people
People educated at Portobello High School
Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University
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