William Taylor (police officer)

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William Taylor, born 25 March 1947 in Scotland, is a retired British police officer. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1966 as a constable and later became a detective in the Criminal Investigation Department. He worked in Central London until 1976, then moved to the Community Relations Branch. In 1978 he was promoted to detective superintendent in the Central Drugs Squad, and in 1980 to detective chief superintendent as staff officer to Commissioner Sir David McNee. In 1982 he became Commander, the youngest chief officer in the Met, leading CID for North East London. In 1983 he led Hackney and Stoke Newington in uniform, and in 1985 he became Commander Flying Squad and headed No. 9 Regional Crime Squad. In July 1985 he left the Met to become Assistant Commissioner of the City of London Police. In 1989 he became Deputy Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. He returned to the Metropolitan Police in 1990 as Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations. In 1994 he was appointed Commissioner of the City of London Police. In 1996 he was a candidate to become Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary but did not get the job. In 1998 he became HM Inspector of Constabulary, and in 1999 he was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, serving until retirement in 2001. In 2003 he headed the Met’s inquiry into the 2002 Burrell/Brown theft case. He received the Queen’s Police Medal in 1991 and was made a CBE in 2001 for services to policing.