Skills


Academic and Operational Leadership

  • Leadership and coaching in Policing and Academic and operational environments

  • Skilled at Leading senior academic and translation staff

  • Lead an international team of ex-senior police officers in an academic environment

  • Developed systems to measure, research and development personnel for positive outcomes.

  • Advise on recruitment of senior training personnel and hire where necessary

  • Full accountability for performance and training projects success

  • Acting head managing five policing departments within a dynamic operational environment


Policing and Securities Training Consultancy

  • Management of the consulting process

  • Networking and conducting exploratory interviews

  • Working collaboratively with client teams for best outcomes

  • Research, data collection and analysis of projects

  • Writing consulting reports and presenting concepts and data

  • Building credibility and interacting with people to encourage proposal acceptance

  • Supporting the Implementation of change for success

  • Gaining senior management buy-in and support for projects


Head of Training

  • Advise on, initiate and develop government client relations

  • Identify training needs in the marketplace

  • Supervise materials development and review for all training courses

  • Identify suitably experienced trainers for roles

  • Define and author course proposals

  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on strategy and day to day operations

  • Support all staff in day to day operations


Project lead

  • Advise and manage senior managers expectations

  • Analyse and identify Leadership and Operational training needs

  • Identify suitably experienced lecturers for academic and training roles

  • Support trainers and liaise with senior management

  • Report on project attainment to government stakeholders

  • Manage and review academic and vocational

  • Advisor and support for course accreditation projects


Compliance and Performance Management

  • Lead and maintain an effective Compliance Monitoring team appropriate for the business

  • Lead risk-based monitoring, risk assessments, and review procedures

  • Ensure compliance with internal and national processes

  • Identify potential gaps in regulations, regulatory guidance and policy

  • Actively engage with business stakeholders to influence timely & effective positive outcome

  • Work with managers to support, improve performance and compliance


Business Change Officer

  • Support the management in the implementation of the business change policies, toolkits & guidance

  • Ensure rigorous, objective change impact and readiness assessments are undertaken

  • Recommend or develop interventions to mitigate negative implications and ensuring positive impacts

  • Develop business change solutions to overcome barriers, improve performance & delivery

  • Mitigation planning for the cumulative impact on business areas

  • Work with Regional Change Teams and Strategic Authority’s to ensure realistic deliverables

  • Actively engage and coach those responsible for the delivery of policing programs and projects


Subject Matter Expert Training and Forensics

  • Review of National policing training requirements

  • Review of Covert and surveillance forensic training

  • Research and advice on policing response on finding an illegal Methamphetamine lab

  • Review of CSI Role Profiles and make recommendations

  • Review National Occupational Standards and Framework

  • Research, design and develop national CSI Tasking models

  • Assist in designing national training models for the CSI Learning Program

  • Research and review National CSI Competency Testing

  • Compile reports and make recommendations on National Policy for directors


Policing and Securities Trainer and Lecturer

  • Academic and vocational Policing Lecturer

  • Qualified and experienced trainer/instructor and assessor

  • Train at Academies for vocational and academic courses

  • Instruct with the Crime Scene Investigation department in MENA Region Police.

  • Design and implement training courses to international standards (SQA and CAA), UK and MENA Region

  • SME in Fundamental issues and structures in Political violence and terrorism, Forensic Intelligence

  • Good working knowledge of Risk Analysis, Future Warfare and State response to terrorism


Policing, Crime and Securities Trainer

  • Qualified and experienced trainer/instructor and assessor

  • Napier University Diploma of Higher Education in Training and Development (Distinction)

  • Fulltime instructor with the Crime Scene Investigation department in MENA Region Police

  • Design, develop, delivery and evaluate forensic training courses to international standards (SQA)

  • Instructed Crime Scene Management to MENA Region Police personnel on behalf of NPIA

  • Delivery of training to Senior Officers CID covering forensic issues and management

  • Initiated forensic training for hospital staff within the Cleveland force area


Policing and Scientific Support Manager

  • Scientific Support Management (Acting)

  • Major Incident Team Forensic Advisor

  • Strategic design and decisions, policies & procedures development

  • Skilled at briefing senior personnel on complex forensic matters

  • Management of five departments and over fifty operational and administrative staff

  • Define and manage staff performance, priorities and activities

  • Department Health and Safety Manager


Level 2 Forensic Operative

  • Forensic Level 2 Covert trained, attained 94% pass mark in theory and practical examination’s

  • Regional and force manager and coordinator

  • Initiated forensic activity and covert operations in force

  • Undertook forensic activity and covert operations in force

  • Author of the force Covert Forensics Policy and Procedures

  • Exercise Planning and Assessment Official


Scientific Support Manager

  • Experienced as Scientific Support Manager

  • Experienced at making strategic decisions and writing policies & procedures

  • IOSH H&S Certificate in Managing Safely

  • Skilled at briefing senior personnel on complex forensic matters

  • Management of over 50 operational and administrative staff and 5 associated departments

  • Ability to work to deadlines in a high-pressure environment

  • Define and manage staff performance

  • Attend Scientific Support Managers and regional meetings


Crime Scene Coordinator

  • Experience of numerous major scenes as Scientific Support Coordinator

  • Forensic Advisor to Murder Investigation Team

  • Excellent understanding of all the aspects of multiple scene major enquiries

  • Good communicator at all levels within an organisation

  • Effectively produce forensic strategies to fulfil objectives

  • Ability to prioritise and multitask

  • Facilitated and teach Coordinators courses


Crime Scene Manager (CSM)

  • Proven supervisor of large operational policing office (36 Staff)

  • Experienced CSM having dealt with all aspects of serious and major incident scenes

  • Excellent scene control and understanding of the investigation process

  • Skilled at formulating and reviewing clearly defined forensic strategies and action plans

  • Direct staff and plan operational and welfare needs

  • Communicating with colleagues and making decisions in a high-stress environment

  • Senior Crime Scene Manager in force

  • Facilitated the CSM and Coordinators courses in the UK (NPIA)

  • Delivered CSM instruction to the MENA Region Police on behalf of NPIA


Forensic Submissions Manager and Quality Controller

  • Supervise Forensic Submissions staff to ensure the needs of the investigation and the wider criminal justice system are met

  • Provide scientific advice and consultancy service for investigating teams and officers

  • Manage the submission of items to Forensic Service Providers

  • Ensure value for money, performance and results of forensic analysis and maintain financial, evidential and staff performance data

  • Develop and maintain up to date appropriate standard operating procedures

  • Ensure decision making is appropriate and documented in relation to forensic submissions, evidential continuity and integrity



Crime Scene Investigator

  • Over 30 year’s practical experience in scene investigation

  • Ability to evaluate scenes and maximize evidence recovery through sequential processes to achieve the optimum evidential outcome

  • Present findings, verbally and written, in a clear and precise manner

  • Recognise and resolve health and safety issues through dynamic risk assessment


Level 2 Forensic Operative

  • Level 2 Covert Forensic trained. (NPIA, SOCA and the FSS) attaining a 94% pass mark in theory and practical examination

  • Initiated forensic activity with the force Serious Crime Squad resulting in a successful national drugs operation

  • Author of the force Policy and Procedures concerning Covert Forensics


Facial Identification Officer

  • Skilled in the role of facial identification operator in crime investigation

  • Knowledge of the legal evidential requirements and statement writing

  • Excellent cognitive interview skills as displayed to the ACPO Facial Identification working group

  • Understanding of the psychological problems influencing eyewitnesses recall

  • Plan and manage interviews developing communication skills to obtain best evidence


Photographer

  • Royal Air Force Air Photographic Processor (APP2) with excellent knowledge of photographic techniques and processes

  • Military Security Cleared to DV level (1985-1989 RAF JARIC)

  • Trained in digital photographic techniques by Nikon

  • Trainer in photographic theory, techniques and Crime Scene Photography

Computer Programmer

  • Good knowledge of computer software and systems (Windows/Mac)

  • Computer programmer trained in BASIC, PASCAL and COBOL computer languages

  • Advise and Developing Forensic Management Systems with an international developer in the Mena Region

  • Developing Forensic Management Systems as an End User customer, for Cleveland Police

  • Force Administrator of Forensic Management Systems and eLearning Platforms