What is your main area of expertise?
I can help with apprenticeships, wellbeing, recruitment and retention, education and training and anything else related workforce. I am also a trained fingerprint examiner and crime scene examiner and particularly enjoyed fire scene examination.
Which piece of work delivered in the FCN are you proudest of?
The partnership toolkit that we created working with the community has been and is being used to develop some new exciting academic-practitioner partnerships across the country. I am also proud of the work that we have done to introduce the L4 digital forensic technician apprenticeship and the work that we are still doing to introduce more apprenticeships in the future to improve our recruitment and retention across forensic disciplines.
What is your favourite part of your role?
My favourite part is working with such a wide range of professionals across policing, academia and industry. I love having the opportunity to always learn new things.
What was your first job in policing or forensics?
I started as an Identification Officer with the Met Police in 1991 where I trained as a fingerprint expert and a crime scene examiner.
How did you get into a career in forensics?
I saw an advert in a newspaper and my Dad who was a Police Officer suggested I applied for it.
What do you like to do outside of work?
I love to travel…especially to cities where Bruce Springsteen is playing 😊