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Sir Richard Stanley Barratt,
CBE
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, QPM (11 August 1928 – 5 May 2013) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary
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from 1987 to 1990.
Education
Barratt was educated at Saltley Grammar School.Career
He joinedBirmingham City Police
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in 1949, rising to become Chief Inspector
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. He was with Cheshire Police
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from 1965 to 1966 (Superintendent
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to Chief Superintendent
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); and with the Manchester
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Force
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from 1967 to 1975 ( Assistant Chief Constable to Deputy Chief Constable). He was Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
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from 1975 to 1978 when he joined Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
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.
Reports
Awards
He was awarded theQueen's Police Medal
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in 1973. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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in 1979, and was knighted
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in 1984.
Private life
In 1952 he married Sarah Elizabeth Hale: they had one son and two daughters.References