14 Facts About Iain Livingstone

Sir Iain Thomas Livingstone, was born on 6 October 1966 and is a Scottish police officer who is currently Chief Constable of Police Scotland.

Iain Livingstone was previously Deputy Chief Constable Designate of the force.

Iain Livingstone was named as the next Chief Constable on 15 August 2018 and took up office formally on 27 August 2018.

Iain Livingstone will retire from Police Scotland in Summer 2023.

Iain Livingstone attended the University of Strathclyde before beginning a career as a solicitor.

Iain Livingstone joined Lothian and Borders Police in 1992, rising swiftly through the ranks and eventually becoming head of that force's CID branch and Assistant Chief Constable for Crime.

Iain Livingstone graduated with a master's degree from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, where he studied from 1998 as a Fulbright scholar; he served secondments as a special investigator with the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, and was part of Lord Bonomy's review of corroboration.

Iain Livingstone advises on the Operation Kenova investigation into matters during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Iain Livingstone served in detective and uniform roles in Edinburgh and West Lothian, leading a number of major investigations and operations.

Iain Livingstone then accepted a request to reconsider his decision after several allegations of misconduct were made against Chief Constable Gormley and the latter was placed on special leave; by September 2017 Livingstone was leading the force on an interim basis.

When Gormley resigned in February 2018 to contest the allegations, Iain Livingstone became the frontrunner to succeed him formally.

Iain Livingstone told the BBC earlier that he had too much to drink at a social event at the college, and had fallen asleep "in the wrong place", adding: "That was wrong, I shouldn't have done that".

Iain Livingstone was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2015 for distinguished service.

Iain Livingstone was knighted in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to policing and the public.