Emeritus Professor 

Personal statement

My scholarly interests are motivated by my previous role in the Serious and Organised Crime Directorate at the Home Office. I focus specifically on intelligence, covert policing and ethics in operational practice. For the last five years, I have been working with police forces in England, Wales and Scotland to develop ethics committees at the local, regional and national level.

As part of this agenda, I was approached by the Royal Marines to help re-establish ethical culture and training following allegations of bullying and harassment in the Corps. In 2017, this led to a commission from the Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy for me to scrutinise the culture, ethical climate, ethical awareness and ethical leadership across the five Fighting Arms of the Naval Service. As part of this schedule, I attend a NATO working group for ethical leadership.

I am the Co-Director for Bath Spa's Centre for Leadership, Ethics and Professional Practice, and this is where my research is based. I also Chair the submissions of Ethical Dilemmas at the UK Police Ethics Group.

Academic qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Criminology Psychology - Brunel University
  • MA Intelligence and Security Studies - Brunel University
  • PhD, Police Intelligence in Operations - Brunel University

Professional qualifications

  • Principal Fellow - Higher Education Academy

Research and academic outputs

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