Robin Field-Smith

Articles by: Robin Field-Smith

Supply and selection of Chief Constables

27th April 2016

Robin Field-Smith - Senior police assessor

ANALYSIS: Former HMI Robin Field-Smith examines why there have been problems in attracting candidates for Chief Constable positions, and offers some pointers for newly elected PCCs

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Guidance for prospective PCCs: Selecting chief constables

23rd March 2016

Robin Field-Smith - Senior police assessor

ANALYSIS: Former HMI Robin Field-Smith provides an overview of the chief constable selection procedure, and identifies ways in which future PCCs could make improvements

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Robin Field-Smith
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After university (Liverpool and Cambridge) I served in the Regular Army 1971 until 2000. From 2000 to 2009 I was one of HM Inspectors of Constabulary for policing in England Wales and Northern Ireland, with a responsibility for personnel, training and diversity, and carried out inspections in every force, producing nearly 70 reports. I am still a senior police assessor, an Independent Member for Chief Police Officer appointments, and a Vice-President of the National Association for Chaplains in the Police (NACP). I am a member of the Bar Standards Board (Professional Conduct Committee) and its working group on Women at the Bar, and a visiting Professor at Portsmouth University (Institute of Criminal Justice Studies).