Early Life and Career To 2000
Dizaei was born in Tehran, Iran where his father was a deputy commissioner of police. He moved to the UK in 1973. He was educated at Slindon College a private boarding school in Arundel, West Sussex. Dizaei studied law at university, gaining a BA (Hons) and LLM in Law from City University London and a diploma in policing from Cambridge University later gaining a PhD from Brunel University and joined Thames Valley Police in 1986. He served in Henley-on-Thames, in uniform and in the Criminal Investigation Department, rising to the rank of Chief Inspector. He was appointed an adviser on race issues to the Home Secretary, and then transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on promotion to Superintendent on 29 March 1999 as a staff officer to Assistant Commissioner Ian Johnston. On 17 May 1999 he was transferred to Kensington police station and on 3 April 2000 became Superintendent Operations there. He was already outspoken on race issues, first coming to media attention in November 1999 for his criticism of questions asked in promotion exams.
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