Sir David Joseph O'Dowd, (born 20 February 1942) was
Chief Inspector of Constabulary
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from 1996 until 2001.
O'Dowd was educated at
Gartree High School,
University of Leicester, the
Open University and the
University of Aston
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. He joined the
Leicester City Police in 1961 rising to the rank of
Chief Inspector. In 1977 he joined the
West Midlands Police as a
Superintendent. In 1984, along with
John Smith
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and
Wyn Jones, he was one of a trio of young provincial rising stars who were appointed to the rank of
deputy assistant commissioner in the
Metropolitan Police
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as part of
Commissioner
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Sir Kenneth Newman's drive for modernisation, becoming head of strategic planning. He was
Chief Constable of the
Northamptonshire Police from 1986 until 1993. He was
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 2007.
[‘O’DOWD, Sir David (Joseph)’, 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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British Chief Constables
English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Knights Bachelor
Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (England and Wales)
People educated at Gartree High School
Alumni of the University of Leicester
1942 births
Living people
Officers of the Order of St John
High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire
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