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Derek Penman, QPM has been HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland since January 2014.
Penman joined Central Scotland Police as a cadet in 1982 rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent by 2007. In 2008 he became Assistant Chief Constable ( Crime and Specialist Operations) of Grampian Police. In 2011 he returned to Central as Deputy Chief Constable and was for a while Temporary Chief Constable before becoming Assistant Chief Constable (local policing, north) for the new Police Scotland.