Chief Constable of The West Midlands
Scott-Lee was appointed Chief Constable of West Midlands Police in September 2002.
Shortly after his appointment to the post, he had to deal with the gang slayings of Letisha Shakespeare, 17, and Charlene Ellis, 18, who were shot outside a hair salon in Aston, Birmingham, England, on 2 January 2003.
He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2007.
In March 2008, after the legal outcomes were confirmed of Operation Gamble, Scott-Lee commented that "Terrorism is with us for the next 20 years." In the same month, Scott-Lee was appointed to head the official police inquiry into the death of Michael J. Todd, the former Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police.
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