Police Career
He became Britain's youngest police sergeant, aged 23. Rising through the ranks, including working in CID, he was appointed Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police in 1983, then Deputy Chief Constable of Humberside Police in 1985. He received the Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 1990. He also completed an MSc in Social Policy from Cranfield University and an external degree in Law from the University of London. He later became Chief Constable of Cleveland police and in 1993 became Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police. He is married and has three children. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Bradford in July 1998, and an honorary degree by Leeds Metropolitan University in 1997. He was the police chief in Bradford in the 1970s. Keith has strong views on terrorists, child murderers and police murderers: he believes they should face the death penalty. In August 2003, the chalet of his holiday home in the south of France burnt down in a forest fire. He is writing a crime novel.
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