Warwickshire Police

Keith Bristow was appointed Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police in 2006.

He joined West Mercia Constabulary as a Police Cadet, serving through to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector in a range of uniform and specialist posts. In 1997, he was appointed as Staff Officer to the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). The following year he was selected for promotion to Superintendent and seconded to the West Midlands Police Major Investigation Team. He subsequently transferred to West Midlands Police performing the roles of Operations Manager and Director of Intelligence, and as a Chief Superintendent, he was the Commander of an Operational Command Unit in Birmingham.

In 2002, Keith was selected for promotion to Assistant Chief Constable and appointed as Director UK National Criminal Intelligence Service with responsibility for Regional Intelligence Units and national and international intelligence on serious organised crime threats such as drugs, firearms and kidnaps. In 2005, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police.

Keith is the Chair of the G8 Law Enforcement Group that works to support G8 member states in tackling transnational organised crime. From 2009 to 2011 he was Head of Crime for ACPO having previously held the Violence and Public Protection portfolio and the Criminal Use of Firearms portfolio.

He is a graduate of the European Top Senior Police Officer Course and has a Masters Degree in Organisational Development, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies and a Diploma in Applied Criminology.

Keith was honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2008 with the Queen’s Police Medal.