Sir Edward Crew (born 13 January 1946) was the Chief Constable of

Northamptonshire Police Northamptonshire Police (colloquially known as Northants Police) is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom. The Northampton Police area includ ...

from 1993-1996, and of

West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. The force covers an area of with 2.93million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, ...

from August 1996 – 2002. Sir Edward Crew joined the Metropolitan Police as a Cadet age 16 in 1965. He rose through the ranks to chief superintendent and was appointed to Kent County Constabulary where he served as an assistant and the deputy chief constable. In 1988 he attended the

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. In 1993 he was appointed chief constable of

and in 1996 he was appointed chief constable for the West Midlands. He was awarded the

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in 1990 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant on 8 October 1999. He was knighted in 2001 and in the same year awarded an honorary doctorate of laws at Birmingham University. He was knighted in the 2001 New Years Honours List. In 2011–2012, Crewe provided advice and research support to

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during his ''Independent Review of Police Office and Staff Remuneration and Conditions''. His daughter is Dame Lynne Owens.

Honours

Commonwealth honours

; Commonwealth honours

UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon

Police Long Service and Good Conduct ribbon

Scholastic

; Honorary Degrees

References

1946 births Living people Chief Constables of West Midlands Police Knights Bachelor Metropolitan Police officers Deputy Lieutenants of the West Midlands (county) English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Officers of the Order of St John {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub