Lawrence Byford

Sir
Lawrence Byford
CBE QPM DL
Born(1925-08-10)10 August 1925
Normanton, Yorkshire, England
Died10 February 2018(2018-02-10) (aged 92)
OccupationPolice officer
OfficeChief Inspector of Constabulary
Term1983–1987
PredecessorJames Crane
SuccessorRichard Barratt

Sir Lawrence Byford CBE QPM DL (10 August 1925 – 10 February 2018) was an English police officer who served as Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1983 to 1987.[1] His inquiry into the failings of the Yorkshire Ripper investigation by West Yorkshire Police earned him the description "the man who changed the face of modern policing" because it "led to fundamental changes in the way serial killer investigations would be carried out in future across the world".[2][3]

  1. ^ ‘BYFORD, Sir Lawrence’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, November 2015 accessed 14 May 2016
  2. ^ Earnshaw, Tony (14 February 2018). "Tributes to Sir Lawrence Byford the man who changed the face of modern policing". Examiner Live. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Sir Lawrence Byford report into the police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper case". GOV.UK.