Edward Frizzell,

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, QPM,

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(6 December 1918 – 25 May 1987) was

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from 1979 to 1983. After wartime service with the

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he joined the

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rising to the rank of

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. Joining the Renfrew and Bute Constabulary as a

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in 1968 he rose to be its Assistant Chief Constable. In 1970 he was appointed Chief Constable of the Stirling and Clackmannan Force; and in 1975 of the newly formed Central Scotland Police Service.‘FRIZZELL, Edward’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201
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1918 births 1987 deaths category:Officers in Scottish police forces Scottish police officers Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (Scotland) Law enforcement in Scotland Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Scottish recipients of the Queen's Police Medal People educated at Coatbridge High School British Chief Constables Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Officers of the Order of St John {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub