Sir David Joseph O'Dowd, CBE, OStJ, QPM (born 20 February 1942) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary[1] from 1996 until 2001.
[3] He joined the Leicester City Police in 1961 rising to the rank of Chief Inspector.
In 1977 he joined the West Midlands Police as a Superintendent.
In 1984, along with John Smith and Wyn Jones, he was one of a trio of young provincial rising stars who were appointed to the rank of deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police as part of Commissioner Sir Kenneth Newman's drive for modernisation,[4] becoming head of strategic planning.
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