James Crane (police officer) explained

Sir James William Donald Crane (1 January 1921[1] – 29 November 1994)[2] was a British police officer who served as HM Inspector of Constabulary from 1976 to 1979;[3] and HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales 1979–82.[4]

After wartime service with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1946.[5]

By the early 1970s he was the Commander of the Fraud Squad .[6] He was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner[7] and it was in this role that on 19 July 1972 he began the Poulson investigation.[8] At the time this was the UK's biggest ever corruption inquiry:[9] it eventually led to the resignation of Reginald Maudling, then Home Secretary and notionally in charge of the police. In 1973 Crane arrested Poulson[10] who was later convicted.[11]

As Chief Inspector of the Constabulary, Crane was also involved in investigating the failings of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.[12]

In 1977 he was awarded CBE.[13] On Wednesday, 23 July 1980, at Buckingham Palace, the Queen conferred the Honour of Knighthood.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: The Independent Birthdays. 28 August 2013. The Independent. 1 January 1994.
  2. Book: Who Was Who. 2012. 9780199540891.
  3. News: Home Office Appointment. 28 August 2013. London Gazette. 9 July 1976.
  4. News: Appointment of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary. 28 August 2013. House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Publication. 26 June 2012.
  5. ‘CRANE, Sir James (William Donald)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 15 May 2016
  6. Book: Global Finance and Urban Living: A Study of Metropolitan Change. 1992. Routledge. 041507097X.
  7. https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/about-us/who-we-are/previous-chief-inspectors/ justiceinspectorates
  8. News: Heath Faces Shake Up in Cabinet. 28 August 2013. The Age. 20 July 1972.
  9. News: Kenneth Etheridge obituary. 28 August 2013. 2 June 2011.
  10. Web site: Conning'em No More. 28 August 2013.
  11. Seven-year concurrent sentence on Mr Poulson. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 16, 1974; pg. 3; Issue 59040
  12. Book: Richard. Chapman. Ethics in Public Service for the New Millennium. Routledge. 12 July 2019. 978-1-351-75269-5. Google Books.
  13. [London Gazette]
  14. News: Honours and Awards Supplement. 28 August 2013. London Gazette. 16 September 1980.

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