David Westwood
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David Westwood, QPM is a British police officer. He was Chief Constable of Humberside Police from March 1999 until March 2005. In 2004, he was suspended from July until September as a result of political fallout from the Soham Murders.
Westwood joined Sussex Police Force as a Police Constable in 1967, and became a Sergeant in Avon and Somerset Police Force in 1975. He was promoted to Inspector in 1980.
He moved to Humberside in 1992, becoming Chief Superintendent, then became Assistant Chief Constable in Merseyside in 1995.
Westwood became Deputy Chief Constable of Humberside in 1997, becoming Chief Constable in 1999.
He was chairman of the Association of Chief Police Officers Race and Community Relations Committee from 2000 until 2003, overseeing the introduction of new procedures for the Police Service on race issues following the publication of Sir William Macpherson's Inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence.
In 2001, Westwood was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for services to policing in 2001.
On 2 July 2004, he was suspended by the Humberside Police Authority after a High Court judicial review supported David Blunkett's claim that the police authority were ultra vires in refusing to suspend him. He was re-instated on 14 September 2004.
David Westwood is also a final year Psychology Student at the Nottingham Trent University. On more than one occasion he has been described as 'a jolly nice chap'.
