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For further details please contact

Stephen Chambers
Senior Policing Advisor
Conflict Group
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Tel: +44 20 7008 2503
Fax: +44 20 7008 1594
E-mail: Stephen.Chambers@fco.gov.uk

11. Following a national recruitment exercise 30 serving, and 2 retired, officers ranging in rank from Inspector to Deputy Chief Constable, from the following police forces were selected as member of the Assessment and Planning Group;

  • Central Scotland
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Humberside
  • Lothian and Borders Police
  • Merseyside
  • Metropolitan Police Service
  • Ministry of Defence Police
  • Norfolk
  • Police Service of Northern Ireland
  • Staffordshire
  • Surrey
  • Thames Valley
  • Warwickshire
  • West Mercia
  • West Midlands
  • West Yorkshire Police
  • Wiltshire

12. The selected officers have professional experience and expertise in a wide range of specialisations including;

  • Strategic Planning
  • Specialist Operations
  • Corporate Services
  • Counter Terrorism Command
  • National Firearms Policy
  • VVIP and Close Protection
  • CBRN
  • Business Development
  • Corporate Development
  • Territorial Support
  • Control Centre Operations
  • Operational and Health and Safety Risk Assessment
  • Best Value Reviews
  • Human Resources
  • Professional Standards
  • Diversity Co-ordination
  • Community Policing
  • Operational Policing
  • Strategic Roads Policing
  • Public Order Policing
  • Neighbourhood Policing
  • Community Safety
  • Civil Contingencies
  • Emergency Planning and Management
  • Critical Incident Management
  • Siege Management
  • Child Protection
  • Intelligence Management
  • Kidnap and Extortion Investigation
  • Major Investigations
  • Murder Investigation
  • Major Fraud Investigation
  • Linked and Series Crimes Investigation
  • Hostage Negotiation
  • National Hi-Tech Crime Unit
  • Volume Crime Investigation
  • Domestic Extremism
  • Animal Rights Extremism
  • Human Trafficking
  • Covert Policing
  • Special Branch
  • Counter Terrorism Investigation
  • Anti-corruption Investigation
  • Criminal Justice
  • Training Management
  • Police Training
  • Police Complaints investigator
  • Police Complaints and Discipline Training
  • Human Rights Training
  • Training in Crime Scene Management
  • CID Training
  • Policing Major Sporting Events

13. Group members also have a wide range of international experience, having worked overseas in countries and regions including;

  • India
  • South America
  • Australia
  • Hong Kong
  • Kosovo
  • Jamaica
  • Czech Republic
  • Iraq
  • Sierra Leone
  • Bosnia
  • Kosovo
  • Sudan
  • Somaliland
  • Tanzania
  • Afghanistan
  • Europe
  • Jordan
  • Romania
  • British Indian Ocean Territories