Profile
Deputy Chief Constable
Mike McCormick
Mike returned to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary on 1 June 2011 when he was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable. The Deputy Chief Constable’s role is to support the Chief Constable in all aspects of leading the force with particular responsibilities in relation to discipline, partnership working and finance as well as taking forwards some responsibilities on behalf of the police service across Scotland.
Prior to his current appointment, Mike was an Assistant Chief Constable, in Lothian and Borders Police where he had responsibility for Territorial Policing, a position he had since September 2008. This role included supporting and leading the delivery of front line policing across the Lothian and Borders area as well as Community Policing.
Before he joined Lothian and Borders Police in 2008, Mike had served for 23 years with Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary. During his early years in this region he was a beat officer both in Dumfries and in Sanquhar and also a detective in CID. In June 1992, following a year of leadership training and developmental postings, he was promoted to sergeant in Dalbeattie. In November 1993 he was promoted to Inspector and moved into the Training Department in Headquarters. During this time Mike also worked at the Scottish Police College before moving to postings in Community Policing, firstly in Dumfries and then with Dumfries and Galloway Council and at force Headquarters before being promoted to Chief Inspector in April 1997.
Mike was involved in the leadership of policing of the trial of the men accused of the Lockerbie Bombing at Kamp van Zeist in the Netherlands between 1999 and 2001. After the trial concluded he was promoted to Superintendent with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and carried out inspections of forces for two years before returning to the force and the position of Divisional Commander of Galloway, stationed in Stranraer from February 2004 to January 2006. Another promotion followed where Mike was given the role of Chief Superintendent with responsibility to lead and manage the heads of the force departments and divisions, a role he held until he moved to Lothian and Borders Police.
Mike has undertaken a broad spectrum of leadership training that has allowed him to take up command roles across the full range of policing responsibilities including; hostage negotiation, firearms and public order, to name a few.
A native of Northern Ireland, Mike moved to Scotland in 1980 to study politics at Stirling University. After graduating in 1984 he joined the force. Mike is married with two grown up daughters who are studying at university. In his spare time Mike enjoys reading, golf and travel.
