Assistant Chief Constable – Operational Support
Assistant Chief Constable Alan Waddell is the Executive Lead for Operational Support.
ACC Waddell’s portfolio consists of the following business areas:
- Events and Emergency Resilience Planning
- Events and Resilience Planning
- Royalty & VIP Protection
- Scottish Resilience Partnership
- Testing & Exercising
- Aviation Safety & Security
- Resource Deployment Unit
- Resource Deployment Redesign Project
- National Football Information Point
- Civil Contingencies
- SMARTEU
- Protect & Prepare
- Specialist Services
- Armed Policing
- Taser
- Public Order
- Negotiators
- Use of Force Monitoring
- Air Support Unit
- Dog Branch
- Mounted Unit
- Maritime Policing
- Clothing & Equipment
- Road Policing
- Police Negotiating Board
- Railway Policing Committee
- Clinical Governance Group
ACC Wadell joined Central Scotland Police in 1997 and worked across a variety of roles, including CID, road policing and emergency planning, going on to become area commander for Falkirk.
In 2018, he was appointed Divisional Commander for Lanarkshire. As Chief Superintendent, Alan led Emergency, Events and Resilience Planning department since 2022.
He was appointed Assistant Chief Constable in March 2025.
