The funeral is taking place today (Monday January 7) of retired Scunthorpe police chief Gordon Cairns. It will be at the town's Woodlands Crematorium at 2.30pm.
Father-of-four Mr Cairns died in the town's Lindsey Lodge Hospice, aged 80.
Born in Edinburgh, he started his working life as a post office sorter in Scotland before serving for three years in the Royal Navy as a telegraphist on aircraft carriers.
In 1955 Mr Cairns signed on with the police force in Grimsby and in 1966 he was appointed a detective sergeant in the former No 3 Regional Crime Squad.
Three years later he moved to Scunthorpe as a detective inspector and in April 1974 was appointed the head of the town's CID, then 37-strong.At the time detection rate in the town was running at 50 per cent of all crimes recorded.
In February 1975 he was appointed deputy sub-divisional commander at Cleethorpes.
