Central Scotland Police

Derek Penman LLB(Hons)
Acting Chief Constable

Derek Penman was appointed Acting Chief Constable in November 2011. He had been serving as Deputy Chief Constable since January 2011.

He served as Assistant Chief Constable (Crime and Specialist Operations) with Grampian Police, a post he was appointed to in June 2009, having completed the Strategic Command Course in February 2009. He was responsible for the force's priorities of national security, serious organised crime and drugs, public protection and road casualty reduction. His portfolio also included energy and protective security for the North Sea and Royalty protection.

His current ACPOS portfolios include professional standards, performance management and the business change programme board. He also has responsibility for the Scottish Police Information and Co-Ordination Centre (SPICC). His previous ACPOS portfolios included the information and intelligence sub-group, the forensic science advisory group and he was vice-chair of the roads policing business area.

His appointment as DCC saw Derek return to a force he joined as a cadet in 1982 before being appointed as a Constable in 1984. Derek's father, Jim, also served with Central Scotland Police and achieved the rank of Chief Superintendent before he retired.

During Derek's career he has served in a variety of roles, covering both operational and strategic levels.

Following initial postings, as both a uniform and detective constable within the Stirling area, he attended the University of Glasgow as a sponsored student and in 1993 he graduated with an honours degree in law. He was subsequently promoted to Sergeant within the force's Community Safety Department and supported partnership development and youth issues.

In 1995 he became a Detective Sergeant and worked in both Stirling and Grangemouth until 1997 when he was promoted to Inspector and seconded to the Scottish Police College to develop the Police Information Net for Scotland. This provided opportunities for European collaborative working with CEPOL in the area of e-learning.

On his return to force in 2000 he worked at Falkirk and thereafter as the local unit commander at Stenhousemuir.

In 2001 he was promoted to Chief Inspector with responsibility for an ambitious change programme including the development of centralised call handling.

Following his promotion to Superintendent in 2004 he was seconded to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary as part of a small team responsible for the inspection of Scottish police forces. He also led on a joint inspection of Case Management with the Inspectorate of Prosecution. On his return to force in 2006 he became Head of Strategic Development and had responsibility for Business Planning, Performance Management and the Force implementation of national business change.

In February 2007 he was promoted to Chief Superintendent (Operations) with day to day responsibility for all three area commands, Crime Management and Community Safety.

He was appointed Temporary Assistant Chief Constable in December 2007.

Derek is married to Hazel and has a daughter and son. He lives locally in Larbert.

Gordon Samson
Temporary Deputy Chief Constable

Gordon Samson was appointed Temporary Deputy Chief Constable of Central Scotland Police in November 2011.

Born in Stirling, Gordon joined Central Scotland Police in November 1984 after graduating from Stirling University with a BSc in Management Science and working as a trainee branch manager in a local building Society.

After completing his probationary period based at Stenhousemuir, Gordon has held a variety of operational and corporate posts across the force area whilst participating in the national Accelerated Promotion Scheme and being promoted through the ranks. These included the Chief Constable's Staff Office, area command / operational policing and professional standards. He was promoted temporarily to Chief Superintendent within Central Scotland Police in December 2007 with responsibility for territorial policing, crime management and community safety before being made substantive in the same role in August 2009. In July 2010 he was appointed Temporary Assistant Chief Constable, with responsibility for all aspects of operational policing and performance.

In addition to his force responsibilities, Gordon has led on a range of ACPOS portfolios such as youth justice, anti-social behaviour, management and standardisation of national systems and crime recording / registrars. Gordon is currently the executive lead for criminal justice under the Police Reform Programme.

Gordon is still resident in Stirling and is married with a daughter and son.

John Mauger
Assistant Chief Constable

Assistant Chief Constable John Mauger was appointed on Monday February 23 2009 by Central Scotland Joint Police Board.

He moved to Central Scotland from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in London where he was on secondment to from Essex Police as temporary Assistant Chief Constable.

Prior to that posting, he served with Essex Police and was Chief Superintendent within the Force Executive with responsibility for performance.

Mr Mauger joined the Metropolitan Police in 1983. He served in a number of roles within the Metropolitan Police before transferring to Essex in 2000 as a Superintendent. During his time with Essex he has served as a Divisional Commander and is a counter-terrorism, public order and sporting events commander.

Roddy Shearer
Director of Finance and Resources

Roddy Shearer joined Central Scotland Police in December 2000 and holds the post of Director of Finance & Resources.

He has held a number of senior finance roles in local government prior to joining the force and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

As Director of Finance and Resources, he is a member of the Force Executive along with the Chief Constable, Deputy Chief Constable and Assistant Chief Constable.

He is also a member of the Force Policy Group, which consists of the three Chief officers and the force's three Chief Superintendents (Operations, Special Support Services and Corporate Management Division). He also chairs the Budget Monitoring Group.

The Director of Finance and Resources' responsibilities extend to many areas of the force business and include finance, estates, vehicle fleet and procurement.
He is an affiliate member of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and sits on a number of national working groups, notably the Finance Management and Personnel and Training business areas.

Away from work, Roddy has a keen interest in sports, especially football and hill walking, and also enjoys going to the theatre. He lives in Glasgow.

Allan Moffat
Temporary Assistant Chief Constable

Allan Moffat was appointed to the post of Temporary Assistant Chief Constable in November 2011.

Mr Moffat joined Grampian Police in 1983 and served there for three years as a Constable before transferring to Central Scotland Police. After a short period in Operations, he was transferred to Divisional CID. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1991 and spent five months in Operations at Stirling, prior to returning to the CID, where he remained until December 2002.

During this period Mr Moffat was promoted to the posts of Detective Inspector and then Detective Chief Inspector, working in both divisional and specialist posts including Senior Investigating Officer duties, drugs, fraud, child protection, domestic abuse, SUDI, historic abuse and the development of offender management processes.

In 2002 he transferred to the post of Head of Complaints, developing the Force Professional Standards capability, remaining in that post until 2004 when he has transferred to the role of Deputy; in 2005 he was appointed Area Commander at Falkirk, in the rank of Superintendent.

In August 2006 Mr Moffat transferred to the CID as Head of Department, where he remained until his successful application to the SCDEA as Detective Chief Superintendent in July 2008.

In October 2010 he returned to Central Scotland Police as Chief Superintendent Crime and Specialist Operations.