Robert Mark

Sir Robert Mark GBE, QPM (born 13 March 1917) is an English former police officer who served as Chief Constable of Leicester City Police, and later as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 1972 to 1977.

Robert Mark was the first Metropolitan Commissioner to have risen through all the ranks from the lowest to the highest (a route followed by all subsequent Commissioners), although a few predecessors had served as Constables prior to fast-track promotion. As Commissioner, he forced out many corrupt police officers and subsequently authored a book about his experiences.

As a teenager he was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester.

After his retirement he appeared in television adverts for Goodyear tyres and his "I'm convinced they're a major contribution to road safety" became a widely used catchphrase.

References

*Mark, Sir Robert (1977). "Policing a Perplexed Society", 3-132p. 23cm. London: Allen and Unwin ISBN 0043630065, ISBN 0043630057
*Review by Doreen McBarnet of "Policing a Perplexed Society" by Robert Mark and "A Force for the Future" by Roy Lewis. "British Journal of Law and Society", Vol. 4, No. 2 (Winter 1977), pages 286-288

External links

* [http://www.met.police.uk/history/timeline1970-1989.htm Metropolitan Police—timeline 1970–1989]
* [http://www.historyandpolicy.org/archive/policy-paper-45.html History & Policy - "Policing the Windrush generation", by James Whitfield] states that "Sir Robert Mark was a lone dissenting voice in pointing out that the real reason why so few minority ethnic applicants applied to join the police was because they knew that they would be unwelcome."

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