In 1976, Mark travelled to the United States to chair a conference designed to assist the Washington, DC-based Police Foundation in setting up the Police Executive Research Forum, a think tank devoted to training police executives and improving management practices.
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He was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, where he was undistinguished academically, but became captain of rugby and head prefect.
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Mark continued to root out corruption, ably assisted by his Deputy Commissioner, Sir James Starritt.
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Peter Brodie, Assistant Commissioner "C" (Crime), was widely tipped to succeed him, but Home Secretary James Callaghan saw the opportunity to impose government will on the force and offered the job to Mark.
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