Sir Hugh Roy Graham Cameron,
QPM (born 14 April 1947) was
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland
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from 2002 to 2004.
He was educated at
Bearsden Academy
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and the
University of Strathclyde
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. He joined the
Dunbartonshire Constabulary
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in 1964 and rose from
Cadet
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to
Chief Superintendent
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. In 1990 he left to become
Assistant Chief Constable
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of
Strathclyde Police
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.
From 1994 to 1996, he was
Chief Constable of
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
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The police force was formed in 1948 as an amalgamation of the police forces of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshi ...
; and then of the
Lothian and Borders Force until 2002. He was
Deputy Lieutenant of
East Lothian
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In ...
from 2004 to 2008.
"CAMERON, Sir (Hugh) Roy (Graham)"
Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015. Accessed 27 May 2016.
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Police officers from Glasgow
Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (Scotland)
Law enforcement in Scotland
1947 births
Living people
Scottish recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
People educated at Bearsden Academy
British Chief Constables
Deputy lieutenants of East Lothian
Knights Bachelor
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