{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Sir Ronald Hadfield | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|post-noms=QPM}} | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|07|15|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|01|31|1939|07|15|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | other_names = {{Plainlist| * Ron * Biffo }} | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Chief Constable | years_active = | employer = West Midlands Police | children = Neil Hadfield, Louise Townsend }}
'''Sir Ronald Hadfield''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|Ktx|QPM}} (15 July 1939<ref>''Who's Who''</ref> – 31 January 2013) was the Chief Constable of the 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|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> He had previously served with Lancashire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police and Derbyshire Constabulary and was, from 1987 to 1990, Nottinghamshire Police's chief constable.<ref name="E+S" /> His nickname was "Biffo".<ref>"Latest appointments", ''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. He was International Vice-President of the 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, Hadfield was appointed a 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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