Secrets of my Success with Chris Starrs, Former Head of Corporate Communications, Police Scotland

Secrets of my Success

Join us for the next in this webinar series where we will talk to industry veterans about their career journeys. We’ll be meeting with professionals who have chalked up decades in the industry to tap into their wealth of knowledge and experience to help members as they forge their own paths.  We’ll discuss how they started in PR, the best piece of advice they were given by a manager or mentor, career highlights (and lows), what they’d tell their younger self, and top tips for those starting out. Our September guest is Chris Starrs, the former Head of Corporate Communications with Police Scotland.

Date: Tuesday 9th September 2025

Time: 12:30 – 13:30

Location: Online

Chris Starrs

Chris Starrs has more than 36 years’ experience in journalism and communications.

He worked in weekly, evening, and daily newspapers in the north of England and Scotland and led corporate communication teams at Strathclyde Police and Glasgow City Council. He then spent eight years as head of corporate communications at Police Scotland, advising three chief constables and transforming the department into a modern, professional comms team that has won dozens of awards.

He retired in June 2025.

About Police Scotland

Police Scotland was established on 1 April 2013 and is responsible for policing across the whole of Scotland, some 28,168 square miles, covering a third of the United Kingdom’s landmass with a unique range of urban, rural, island and remote communities.

It is the second largest force in the UK with 23,000 officers and staff working together for the people of Scotland.

Its purpose is to improve the safety and wellbeing of people, places and communities in Scotland, focusing on Keeping People Safe in line with its values of integrity, fairness and respect and with human rights at the heart of everything they do.

Learn more about Police Scotland here.