Sir John Andrew McKay,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

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, QPM (28 November 1912 – 24 October 2004) was

Chief Inspector of Constabulary His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), formerly Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), has statutory responsibility for the inspection of the police forces of England and Wales, and since ...

from 1970 until 1972. McKay was educated at the

University of Glasgow , image = UofG Coat of Arms.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms Flag , latin_name = Universitas Glasguensis , motto = la, Via, Veritas, Vita , ...

. He joined the

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in 1935. He was seconded to the

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between 1943 and 1947. After this he was appointed Assistant Chief Constable, then Deputy Chief Constable of the

Birmingham City Police Birmingham City Police was the police service responsible for general policing in the city of Birmingham from 1839 to 1974. The force was established by a special Act of Parliament in 1839, and was amalgamated as of 1 April 1974 with the West M ...

. He was Chief Constable of the

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from 1959 to 1966 when he joined HM's Inspectorate of Constabulary."McKAY, Sir John (Andrew)", ''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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British Chief Constables Scottish recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Knights Bachelor Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (England and Wales) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Officers of the Order of St John 1912 births 2004 deaths Alumni of the University of Glasgow {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub