Sir Richard Leofric Jackson CBE (12 July 1902 – 17 February 1975), known as Joe Jackson, was a British

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and police officer in the London

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. Jackson was born in India, the third son of William Jackson, leader of the Calcutta

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. His mother was the daughter of Sir Thomas Turton, former Advocate-General of Bengal. He was educated at

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and Eton College, where he acquired the nickname "Joe" after a sports writer watching him

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in the final of the Public Schools Boxing Championship compared him to heavyweight champion

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. He then went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained a

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for boxing. He was

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by the Middle Temple in 1927 and set up a criminal practice. In 1933, however, he joined the Department of the

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as a Professional Legal Clerk. In 1946 he was appointed secretary of the

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, ranking with the Assistant Commissioners (although a civilian). In 1949 he spent three months in

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as a member of the Police Mission to advise the government on problems stemming from the

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. In August 1953 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner "C", in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department. He was also British representative to Interpol from 1957, becoming a member of the executive committee in 1958, and president from 1960 to 1963. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1958 Birthday Honours. In 1962 he edited the fifth English edition of ''Criminal Investigation'', by Hans Gross. He was

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in the 1963 Birthday Honours, shortly before his retirement, following which he became a director and joint vice-chairman of Securicor. He also wrote his

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''Occupied with Crime'', which were published in 1967.

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*Obituary, '' The Times'', 18 February 1975 *'' Who Was Who'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Joe 1902 births 1975 deaths Police officers from Kolkata People educated at Cheam School People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English barristers Members of the Middle Temple Civil servants in the Home Office Members of HM Government Legal Service Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis Knights Bachelor Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British lawyers Lawyers from Kolkata 20th-century English lawyers