Gilbert Kelland
Appearance
Gilbert James Kelland QPM (17 March 1924 – 30 August 1997) was a British police officer in the Metropolitan Police in London.
Kelland grew up in
Superintendents' Association. In 1969 he went to the United States
to study American law enforcement on a Ford Fellowship.
By 1971 he had been promoted
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1978 Birthday Honours[12] and retired in 1984. He was British representative to Interpol
from 1977 to 1984.
He wrote Crime in London, published in 1986–1987. Kelland was an enthusiastic
freemason and a founder member in 1986 of the Manor of St James, a lodge which was solely for Metropolitan Police officers who had worked in the West End of London.[13]
Footnotes
- ^ "Woman's Earnings: Counsel on 'Millionaire' Class", The Times, 15 October 1958
- ^ "Police watch on house", The Times, 1 April 1959
- ^ "Magistrate's doubt on importuning", The Times, 10 July 1959
- ^ "Woolf Not Maltreated at Police Station", The Times, 26 March 1964
- ^ "No. 46444". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1974. p. 31.
- ^ "Police corruption inquiry refused", The Times, 7 March 1975
- ^ "Policemen may be charged after pornography inquiry", The Times, 9 June 1975
- ^ "Former Yard chiefs face corruption charges", The Times, 1 March 1976
- ^ "Black diary dominated trail of ex-Yard men", The Times, 8 July 1977
- ^ "Commissioner McNee, making his mark as the new man of action", The Times, 21 September 1977
- ^ "No. 47171". The London Gazette. 11 March 1977. p. 3437.
- ^ "No. 47549". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1978. p. 6236.
- ^ The Guardian, 29 January 1997
References
- Biography, Who Was Who