John Stalker was a British police officer who served as Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police.
17 Facts About John Stalker
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John Stalker headed the Stalker Inquiry that investigated the shooting of suspected members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1982.
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John Stalker joined the CID in 1961 and was promoted to the ranks of Detective Sergeant, Detective Inspector and Detective Chief Inspector.
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John Stalker attended the Senior Command Course at the Police Staff College, Bramshill in 1979.
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John Stalker was appointed Assistant Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police in 1980.
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John Stalker spent a short period of time as a consultant to Millwall FC, advising on methods to curb their well-documented problem with hooliganism.
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John Stalker headed the eponymous John Stalker Inquiry, an investigation into the shootings of suspected members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1983.
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John Stalker was temporarily suspended from duty and removed from the inquiry in 1986, based on false allegations.
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John Stalker was the subject of a British Parliamentary debate held on 27 November 1986, where the following allegations which led to his suspension were given:.
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The Sampson report made the recommendation to the Greater Manchester Police Committee that John Stalker should be the subject of a tribunal.
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The John Stalker affair had generated a huge groundswell of public emotion and many members of the public and officers from the ranks of Greater Manchester Police force offered cash contributions to John Stalker to assist in covering his legal costs.
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John Stalker was a director of a large national security company and ran his own consultancy and advisory group.
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John Stalker delivered seminars on motivational issues, and was active on the after dinner lecture circuit.
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John Stalker wrote frequently for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times newspapers, among others.
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John Stalker presented the Carlton TV programme The Verdict, which ran for 26 episodes.
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John Stalker was a member of a BBC Governors advisory panel.
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John Stalker was survived by his two daughters, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.