Paul Scott-Lee

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Sir Paul Scott-Lee QPM (25 July, 1953 in Coventry), is the current Chief Constable of West Midlands Police

Biography

Paul Joseph Scott-Lee was born on 25 July 1953 in Coventry, and educated at Whitley Abbey Comprehensive. Scott-Lee joined Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary on direct from school, and on amalgamation of local forces to form the West Midlands Police in 1974, he rose to the rank of Chief Inspector.

Promoted to Superintendent in 1988 in Northamptonshire Police, he became an area commander and latterly allocated to headquarters on both corporate planning and quality assurance. He then became assistant chief constable in August 1992 in Kent Constabulary, responsible for all personnel and training matters.

On 1 September 1994 he became deputy chief constable of Suffolk Constabulary. Awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 1997 New Year's Honours List, he was promoted to Chief Constable on 2 October, 1998. Scott-Lee was appointed Chief Constable of West Midlands Police in September 2002, and knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2007.citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6757899.stm|title=Police chief given a knighthood|publisher=BBC West Midlands|date=16 June 2007|accessdate=2008-03-26]

Operations

Shortly after his appointment to the post, Scott-Lee had to deal with the gang slayings of Letisha Shakespeare, 17, and Charlene Ellis, 18, who were shot outside a hair salon in Aston, Birmingham, England, on 2 January 2003. [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast_with_frost/2629151.stm|title=January 2003 interview re deaths of two black girls in Aston on BBC Breakfast with Frost|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-26]

In March 2008, after the legal outcomes were confirmed of Operation Gamble, Scott-Lee commented that "Terrorism is with us for the next 20 years." [citeweb|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/03/05/chief-constable-terrorism-is-with-us-for-the-next-20-years-97319-20559409/|title=Chief Constable: Terrorism is with us for the next 20 years|publisher=Birmingham Mail|date=5th March, 2008|accessdate=2008-03-26] In the same month, Scott-Lee was appointed to head the official police inquiry into the death of Michael J. Todd, the former Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police. [citeweb|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=544750&in_page_id=1770|title=Did 'suicide' police chief have FIVE affairs within force alone?|author=Jaya Nairan|publisher=Daily Mail|date=26th March 2008|accessdate=2008-03-26] [citeweb|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1041018_todd_new_conduct_probe|title=Todd: New conduct probe|author=Neal Keeling|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=15th March, 2008|accessdate=2008-03-26]

Personal life

Scott-Lee is married to Rosemary. He enjoys sport of all types, with his main leisure interests as golf and fly fishing.

References

External links

* [http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/OnlinePress/command-team/CC.asp Bio] at West Midlands Police