# Ron Hadfield

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| name = Sir Ronald Hadfield
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|07|15|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|01|31|1939|07|15|df=y}}
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| other_names = {{Plainlist|
* Ron
* Biffo
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| occupation = [Chief Constable](/source/Chief_Constable)
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| employer = [West Midlands Police](/source/West_Midlands_Police)
| children = Neil Hadfield, Louise Townsend 
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'''Sir Ronald Hadfield''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|Ktx|QPM}} (15 July 1939<ref>''[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who)''</ref> &ndash; 31 January 2013) was the [Chief Constable](/source/Chief_Constable) of the [West Midlands Police](/source/West_Midlands_Police) from June 1990 until July 1996.<ref name="E+S">{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/02/02/tributes-to-former-chief-constable-sir-ronald-hadfield/|title=Tributes to former Chief Constable Sir Ronald Hadfield|date=2013-02-01|work=[Express and Star](/source/Express_and_Star)|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> He had previously served with [Lancashire Constabulary](/source/Lancashire_Constabulary), [Greater Manchester Police](/source/Greater_Manchester_Police) and [Derbyshire Constabulary](/source/Derbyshire_Constabulary) and was, from 1987 to 1990, [Nottinghamshire Police](/source/Nottinghamshire_Police)'s chief constable.<ref name="E+S" /> His nickname was "Biffo".<ref>"Latest appointments", ''[The Times](/source/The_Times)'', 27 February 1985.</ref>

==Career==
During his time with the West Midlands Police, he oversaw the Hadfield Report into the [Birmingham pub bombings](/source/Birmingham_pub_bombings). He was International Vice-President of the [International Association of Chiefs of Police](/source/International_Association_of_Chiefs_of_Police).<ref name="tribute">{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/02/02/tributes-to-former-chief-constable-sir-ronald-hadfield/|title=Statement on the death of Sir Ron Hadfield QPM|publisher=West Midlands Office for Policing and Crime|date=2 February 2013|accessdate=19 January 2023}}</ref>

Following his retirement from the police, he was appointed as a consultant in training and people management by the firm of Edge & Ellison.<ref name="E+E">{{cite web|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/edge-and-ellison-hires-former-police-chief/82804.article|title=Edge & Ellison hires former police chief |publisher=The Lawyer|date=9 October 1996|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

In the [1995 Queen's Birthday Honours](/source/1995_Birthday_Honours), Hadfield was appointed a [Knight Bachelor](/source/Knight_Bachelor) ''for services to Police''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54066 |date=16 June 1995 |page=2|supp=1}}</ref>

==Death==
He died on 31 January 2013, aged 73, and was survived by his wife, Anne.<ref name="tribute" />

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