Spinney Hills

I joined Leicestershire Police in 2008 and have been fortunate to work across a wide range of departments and teams helping set up several teams (Missing from Home Team, Digital Hub and Cybercrime Unit) which are now a core part of the forces service delivery.

I was fortunate enough to be a dedicated neighbourhood officer in 2010 and having spent the last 11 years in a range of Detective Roles I am thoroughly enjoying being back in a public facing uniform role where I hope that my passion and drive to work with and serve the communities of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland helps build those necessary relationships to ensure we can all work together to make this a great place to live and work for our families and communities.

Landing in East Leicester in 2024 I took on responsibility for half of the area and six months later I took on the entirety of the Community Engagement and Neighbourhood Policing for East Leicester. A steep learning curve for sure but having had great support from the local command team and the communities we serve I have learnt plenty and identified plenty more I do not know.

East Leicester has one of the most diverse demographics in the country and it brings its own set of challenges that I will continue to strive to understand and deal with appropriately without fear or favour.

I would ask that the communities of East Leicester look to the police as a part of their community and allow us to do what we need to do locking up those who cause the most harm and safeguarding those who need it.

My motto will always be that when we have to “police to our community” it means we have failed. What we should aim to do is police as part of the community.