I retired from Merseyside Police in 2014 after completing 30 years’ service in the ranks of Constable, Sergeant and Inspector. I gained extensive experience in a number of fields in both uniform and CID posts including Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism, Integrated Offender Management, Covert Operations and Critical Incident Management. I have also worked in Northern Ireland investigating terrorist related murders from ‘the Troubles’.

During the last five years I have taught on BTEC Public Services courses and have experience teaching students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities at a College of Further Education in Liverpool and have more recently been employed as both Visiting Lecturer at the University on the Police Degree programme and now as a full-time lecturer within the Institute of Policing.