Edward Dodd (police officer)

Sir Edward James Dodd, CBE, OStJ, QPM (19 October 1909 - 16 September 1966)[1] was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1963 until his death.[2]

Dodd was educated at Reading School and HMS Conway. He served with the Merchant Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve from 1925 to 1931. He was with the Metropolitan Police from 1931 to 1941. He was the 2nd Assistant Chief Constable of the Birmingham City Police from 1941 to 1944, the 1st Assistant Chief Constable from 1944 to 1945 and Chief Constable from 1945 to 1963.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sir Edward Dodd. The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 19, 1966; pg. 14; Issue 56740
  2. ↑ HMIC Profile
  3. ↑ ‘DODD, Sir Edward (James)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 15 May 2016
Police appointments
Preceded by
William Johnson		 HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
1963 –1966 		Succeeded by
Eric St Johnston
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