Douglas Osmond
Sir Douglas Osmond Hampshire Constabulary.
Biography
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Douglas Osmond was born in
First World War. He was educated at local schools, and in 1932 won a Kitchener Scholarship to read Mathematics at University College London.[1]
He joined the
West Mercia Constabulary
), in 1946. At 32, he was one of the youngest to have achieved this position in the United Kingdom. (The youngest was Sir Eric St Johnston who, in 1940 at the age of 29, was appointed chief constable of Oxfordshire Constabulary). Equally remarkable was his rise through the ranks at a time when most chief constables were externally appointed.
In 1962, Osmond left to become the chief constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, and in 1967 he presided over its amalgamation with the Portsmouth and Southampton city forces. At this point the force was renamed
Hampshire Constabulary
and Osmond remained chief constable until his retirement from the post in 1977.
Death
Osmond died on 20 April 2006, aged 91.[citation needed]
Honours
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During his life Osmond received the following honors:
- 1958: OBE
- 1962: Queen's Police Medal
- 1968: CBE
- 1971: Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
- 1971: Knight Bachelor
- 1981: Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire
See also
- Hampshire Constabulary
- Policing in the United Kingdom
References
Sources
- Rolling, S. (2006). "Obituary - Douglas Osmond". Frontline (Hampshire Constabulary newspaper). June 2005. Portsmouth.
- (2006). "Sir Douglas Osmond obituary". Daily Telegraph. 28 April 2006.