Senior Officer Appointments

The Authority has made three senior appointments in recent months to Police Scotland’s leadership team. Jane Connors has now joined Police Scotland as Deputy Chief Constable from the Metropolitan Police where she was Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

David Duncan was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable and took up post on 30 January 2023.  Wendy Middleton will join Police Scotland as an Assistant Chief Constable on 27 February 2023 from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

The recruitment of senior officers is a significant undertaking. It is a thorough and challenging process for all involved. I am grateful to my fellow Board Members Fiona McQueen and Katharina Kasper for being on the DCC and ACC appointment panels. I also want to put on record my thanks to Angela Leitch, Chair of Public Health Scotland, and Sandra Black, former Chief Executive of Renfrewshire Council who fulfilled the roles of independent panel members for the DCC and ACC processes respectively. I also extend my thanks to Martin Hewitt, Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, and HMICS Craig Naylor who acted as independent observers. The Chief Constable is an ex officio member of all senior officer appointment panels.

My final thanks goes to all the applicants for both posts. I am delighted we had such a strong pool of candidates competing for these senior positions in the UK’s second largest police service. Working with Police Scotland offers an attractive opportunity for some of the UK’s best senior officers.