David Westwood
David Westwood,
Chief Constable of Humberside Police from March 1999 until March 2005. In 2004, he was suspended from July until September as a result of the Bichard report into the Soham murders
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Westwood joined
Chief Superintendent, then became Assistant Chief Constable of Merseyside in 1995. Westwood became Deputy Chief Constable of Humberside in 1997, becoming Chief Constable in 1999.[1]
He was chairman of the
Queen's Police Medal for services to policing.[1]
As a result of failings by Humberside Police highlighted by the report into the Soham murders, the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, called for Westwood's suspension,[2] but the Humberside police authority chairman Colin Inglis initially refused.[3] In July 2004, he was suspended after the High Court ruled that the police authority acted "in default of its statutory duty" by that refusal.[4] Westwood was reinstated in September 2004, on condition he took early retirement in March 2005.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Who's who in Humberside Police". Humberside Police. Archived from the original on 12 October 2004.
- ^ "Suspension of David Westwood". The Home Office. 25 June 2004. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004.
- ^ Lashmar, Paul (27 June 2004). "Focus: Do the 'systemic' failures that left Ian Huntley free to kill go right to the top?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ "Embattled police chief suspended". BBC News. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ "Humberside police chief returns to work". The Daily Telegraph. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2010.