David James Reid Strang CBE QPM is a former senior police officer and public servant from Scotland.
[3] He 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, he left the force in 1998[3] and was appointed assistant chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police.
He led a number of initiatives, focusing on alcohol and drug action as well as youth justice[1] and was president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland during the 2004/05 year.
[6] Strang was appointed Chair of the Scottish Government's Drugs Death Taskforce in January 2022,[7] following the resignation of Professor Catriona Matheson in December 2021.