Assistant Chief Constable – Operational Support - Alan Waddell
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
Alan 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.
Upon being promoted to Superintendent, Alan undertook a number of corporate and change roles, including the remodelling of C3 Division.
In 2018, he was appointed Divisional Commander for Lanarkshire, and worked closely with partners throughout the pandemic, and in Community Planning Partnerships, to deliver better outcomes for communities through effective collaboration.
As Chief Superintendent, Alan led the Emergency, Events and Resilience Planning department since 2022.
He is an experienced Strategic Firearms Commander, and Gold Public Order Commander, and was Silver Commander for the delivery of Operation Unicorn.
He was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable in March 2025.
