Name David Strang Role Constable | Education Durham University | |
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David Strang is the current Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland and a former Chief Constable of the Lothian and Borders Police.
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Early life and education
Strang was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow Academy and Loretto School. Strang then went on to study engineering science at the University of Durham, graduating with a BSc, before studying for an MSc in organisational behaviour at the University of London.
Police career
Strang began his police career with the Metropolitan Police in 1980. Strang was posted to a number of different divisions as well as time with Criminal Investigation Department, Territorial Support Group and a secondment to the Police Staff College, Bramshill. After rising to divisional commander of Wembley Division, Strang left the force in 1998.
In 1998, he was appointed assistant chief constable of Lothian and Borders police and in August 2001 he was appointed chief constable of Dumfries and Galloway Police. Strang led a number of initiatives, focusing on alcohol and drug action as well as youth justice and was president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland during the 2004/05 year. Strang was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2002 and was appointed chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police on 29 March 2007.
He was a member of the Scottish Prisons Commission which published a report entitled Scotland's Choice in 2008.