Ian Learmonth

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Who is Ian Learmonth?

Ian Learmonth QPM is a senior British police officer, currently the Chief Constable of Kent Police.

Ian Learmonth was born in Edinburgh in 1958 and is married with children and a grandchild.

Learmonth has been in policing since starting with Essex Police in 1974 as a Police Cadet; he joined its regular force as a Constable in 1976. His career in Essex progressed through specialist work as a police dog handler, working with general purpose dogs and the more specialist explosive dogs. He then set on the promotion process being posted as a Sergeant and later as Police Inspector for Harlow division in 1989.

His career moved from operational policing to working at the Essex Police HQ in Chelmsford, working on IT projects before being promoted in 1995 as Chief Inspector for Operations back at Harlow. He then worked as temporary Superintendent for the Operations Division. In 1999 he was fully promoted to Superintendent at Stansted Airport, seeing through critical operations involving a Boeing 747 crash and a hijack.

Once again he returned to Harlow as Chief Superintendent 2000 and then later as Temporary Assistant Chief Constable.

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  • United Kingdom
Employment
  • Kent Police

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on July 23, 2013

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