Derek Penman, QPM was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland between January 2014 and March 2018. Penman joined Central Scotland Police as a

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in 1982 rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent by 2007. In 2008 he became Assistant Chief Constable (Crime and Specialist Operations) of

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. In 2011 he returned to

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as Deputy Chief Constable and was for a while Temporary Chief Constable before becoming Assistant Chief Constable (local policing, north) for the new Police Scotland. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the

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