Dr Ian Oliver, QPM's Biography

Dr Ian Oliver, QPM's Professional Career

Career

Offr RAF 1959-61; Constable rising to Supt Metropolitan Police 1961-77, awarded Cwlth Fndn bursary to Kenya 1972, asst Chief Constable Mgmnt Servs Northumbria Police 1978-79 (Chief Supt 1977-78), Chief Constable Central Scotland Police 1979-90, Chief Constable Grampian Police 1990-98; head of rule of law Civilian Military Mission Helmand (CMMH) Afghanistan 2009-; awarded Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to North America (drugs educn progs) 1986, visiting lectr Univ of Teeside 2001; drug trg conslt Aberdeen Coll of FE 2005-; memb: various ctees IACP 1982-98 (int vice-pres 1997-98), Editorial Bd Criminal Law Review 1989-98, Home Sec's Firearms Consultative Ctee 1989-98, Steering Gp for Royalty Protection Home Office 1990-98, Service Authy for Nat Criminal Intelligence Service 1997-98, Bd Int Scientific and Medical Forum on Drug Abuse 1999-, Inst on Global Drug Policy 2001-, Advsy Bd EURAD (Europe Against Drugs) 2007-; chm Crime Ctee ACPO Scotland 1997-98 (pres 1983-84 and 1993-94); conslt UN Drug Control Programme; columnist Aberdeen Press & Journal 2001-05, memb Editorial Bd Jl of Global Drug Policy and Practice 2005; memb: Int Criminal Justice Symposium SUNY 1982, L'Ordre de Bon Temps Nova Scotia 1985; chm Nat Police Lifeboat Appeal Ctee 1990-92; tstee: Mayor of Bulawayo's Children's Fund 2005, A to Z Tst (Aid to Zimbabwe) 2008-; QPM 1984; FRSA 1993

Dr Ian Oliver, QPM's Publications

Books and Publications

The Metropolitan Police Approach to the Prosecution of Juvenile Offenders (1977), Police, Government and Accountability (1987, 2 edn 1996), Drug Affliction: What you need to know (2006)

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