Keith Bristow was appointed Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police in 2006. He is Head of the Association of Chief Police Officer's (ACPO) Crime Business Area. He is also the ACPO lead on the Government’s Tackling Knives and Serious Youth Violence Programme and is the chair of the G8 Law Enforcement Group.
Keith joined West Mercia Constabulary in 1983 as a Police Cadet, serving through to the rank of Chief Inspector in a range of uniform and specialist posts. In 1997, he was appointed as Staff Officer to the President of ACPO. In 1998, he was seconded to the West Midlands Police Murder Investigation Team as a Senior Investigating Officer. He subsequently transferred to West Midlands Police as a Superintendent 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’s international experience includes working with the Rwandan Police and since 2003 he has been a delegate and chair of the G8 Law Enforcement Group. He is a graduate of the European Top Senior Police Officer Course.
He holds a Masters Degree in Organisational Development, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies and a Diploma in Applied Criminology. He was honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2008 with the Queen’s Police Medal.