Deputy Chief Constable Gordon Scobbie

Mr Gordon Scobbie, previously Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands
Police, was appointed Deputy Chief Constable for Tayside Police in November 2010.

A Scot, Gordon transferred to West Midlands Police from Glasgow in October 2004 as a Superintendent, where he was lead for Safer Motors, the night-time economy and the high-profile One Knife One Life campaign.

After two years in Coventry he became a commander at Solihull. Alongside partner agencies, he focused on delivering a service to improve community safety, turning the operational command unit into one of the best performing in the West Midlands force.

In October 2008 he was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands
Police. As Head of the Citizen Focus portfolio, his role encompassed the neighbourhood policing agenda, offender management, criminal justice and media. DCC Scobbie has also been the national lead for Social Media within UK Police, a role he will retain on his return to Scotland.

On joining Tayside Police, he now has strategic responsibility for Professional Standards, Business Support, and the Force Information and Intelligence Division.