Sir Colin Sampson, (born 26 May 1929) is a retired British police officer who held several senior police posts in the last decades of the 20th century. Sampson was educated at Wakefield Technical College and the

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. He joined the Dewsbury Borough Police Force in 1949. He spent many years in

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and was the head of the Home Office

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from 1971 to 1972. He became Assistant Chief Constable of

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in 1974; Deputy Chief Constable of

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in 1976; and Chief Constable of

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in 1983. He was one of Her Majesty's Inspectorsof Constabulary from 1989''Appointments.''

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from 1991 to 1993.

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1929 births Living people Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (Scotland) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal category:Chief Constables of West Yorkshire Police People from the Isle of Lewis Knights Bachelor Alumni of the University of Leeds Knights of the Order of St John People educated at Wakefield Technical College {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub