Tributes paid after death of ex-chief constable who 'turned West Mercia Police around'
Former top West Mercia Police officer Bob Cozens has died aged 90.
Mr Cozens was chief constable from 1981 to 1985 and one of the major Shropshire crimes on his watch was the murder of Shrewsbury's Hilda Murrell, amid various conspiracy theories alleging she had been killed by agents of the state.
Robert Cozens, who was generally known as Bob, was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 1981 and the CBE in the 1989 New Year's Honours.
Paying tribute, retired Telford police superintendent David Stephenson said: "He was a great mentor of mine and was marvellous for the West Mercia force.
"He turned the force around and made it a place for women, as well as men. He was very forward thinking.
