| Frank de Silva | |
| Order: | 24th |
| Office: | Sri Lankan Inspector General of Police |
| Term Start: | 29 November 1993 |
| Term End: | 31 July 1995 |
| Predecessor: | Ernest Perera |
| Successor: | Wickremasinghe Rajaguru |
| Birth Name: | Trevor Percival Francis de Silva |
| Birth Date: | 31 July 1935 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Ceylon University of Colombo University of Sri Jayewardenepura Police Staff College, Bramshill |
| Profession: | Police officer, public servant |
Trevor Percival Frank de Silva (born 31 July 1935) was the 24th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (IGP) (1993 - 1995).[1]
He obtained a BA (Hons) from the University of Ceylon, a LL.B from the University of Colombo and a PhD from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He is also a graduate of the Police Staff College, Bramshill in the United Kingdom.[2]
He served as the Asian expert on the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice between 1986 and 1992.[3]
De Silva, was appointed IGP by President D. B. Wijetunga on 29 November 1993, succeeding Ernest Perera. De Silva was responsible for re-establishing the Special Branch in 1995,[4] after it had been disbanded in 1970. He retired at 60 on 31 July 1995 and was replaced by Wickremasinghe Rajaguru.
He authored a book, Police Decision in Action: A Profile in Legal Review, which was published in February 2009.[5] [6]
In November 2003 he was appointed as a member of the Presidential Commission on Maintenance of Law and Order. The commission was appointed by President Chandrika Kumaratunga to investigate into whether there was a significant increase in crime in Sri Lanka, over the preceding twenty years, affecting the maintenance of law and order in the country.[7] [8]
In May 2015 he was appointed as a member to the National Police Commission.[9] [10]