Grampian Police
Colin McKerracher is the Chief Constable of Grampian Police. Mr Colin McKerracher was appointed Chief Constable of Grampian Police on 12 April 2004.He was raised in Glasgow and served as a Police Cadet before joining The City of Glasgow Police on 20 May 1974.Throughout his career in Strathclyde Police, Mr McKerracher performed many roles in both operational and support positions, including a wide variety of general policing duties. He became Divisional Commander and also worked in a number of departments, including the Force Research and Development and Force Personnel Departments, before becoming Assistant Chief Constable responsible for Management Services, Community Safety and subsequently the Operational Portfolio. On 6 September 2001, he was appointed Deputy Chief Constable.During his career he studied for three years at Strathclyde University and in 1987 he graduated LLB.Since joining Grampian Police, Mr McKerracher has been instrumental in achieving a more community based policing approach across the Force, under the banner 'Total Community' and he has been keen to place greater emphasis on tackling anti social behaviour. He has ensured that national best practice and policy has been adopted by the Force to help reduce road traffic collisions and casualties.He has overall responsibility for the policing of offshore installations, Royal residences on Deeside, as well as Aberdeen International Airport. He is a member of many local and national committees including those across the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland Business Areas, which incorporates a responsibility for Counter Terrorism in the United Kingdom.Of his many ambitions for Grampian Police, he believes primarily in developing an integrated organisational and planning structure capable of supporting community based policing to achieve real outcomes that meet community needs. Core to this, he has challenged historical practice, has focussed minds on the empowerment and development of staff and he has reintroduced the Police Cadet Scheme to Grampian Police, having identified the benefits to both the Force and youth in the local community.In June 2005, Mr McKerracher received recognition for his Police Service to date, when he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal and in May 2006 he was admitted as Burgess of Guild as a mark of gratitude for his faithful service to the Burgh of Aberdeen.Mr McKerracher is committed to the work of his local church and charities and is a keen sportsman with a particular interest in football.He is married with two grown up children and two grandchildren.
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