Sir Colin Sampson, (26 May 1929 – 15 October 2018) was a British police officer who held several senior police posts in the last decades of the 20th century. Sampson was educated at Wakefield Technical College and the

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. He joined the Dewsbury Borough Police Force in 1949. He spent many years in CID and was the head of the

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from 1971 to 1972. He became

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in 1974; Deputy Chief Constable of

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in 1976; and Chief Constable of

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in 1983. He was one of Her Majesty's Inspectorsof Constabulary from 1989''Appointments.''

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(London, England), Monday, 16 January 1989; pg. 14; Issue 63292 to 1990; and

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from 1991 to 1993. Sampson died on 15 October 2018, at the age of 89.

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1929 births 2018 deaths Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (Scotland) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal category:Chief Constables of West Yorkshire Police People from the Isle of Lewis Knights Bachelor Alumni of the University of Leeds Knights of the Order of St John People educated at Wakefield Technical College {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub