James Starritt
Sir James Starritt
Starritt was born in
He joined the Metropolitan Police as a
He was
In 1968, Starritt was appointed Assistant Commissioner "B" (Traffic)[4][5] and later (probably in early 1970) moved to become Assistant Commissioner "A" (Operations and Administration). In 1972, he was appointed Deputy Commissioner.[6] In this post, he oversaw the internal inquiry into the operations of Special Branch in connection with Kenneth Lennon, an Irish police informant found shot dead in a ditch in Surrey in 1974, which was generally accepted as vindicating the Metropolitan Police. In 1975, he headed the inquiry into police corruption in Soho which led to the arrests of twelve officers, including two commanders and a chief superintendent. In his autobiography, In the Office of Constable, Commissioner Sir Robert Mark wrote that Starritt deserved an "honoured place in Metropolitan Police history for putting an end to malpractice that had caused the force incalculable harm for many years".
He was appointed
Footnotes
- ^ "Sir James Starritt". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "No. 37071". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1945. p. 2421.
- ^ "No. 37480". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 February 1946. p. 1089.
- ^ "Assistant police commissioner", The Times, 25 April 1968
- ^ "No. 44589". The London Gazette. 17 May 1968. p. 5621.
- ^ "Yard man to be Chief Inspector of Constabulary", The Times, 25 October 1972
- ^ "No. 45860". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1972. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 46593". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1975. p. 7372.