- Qualifications:BEng (Hons) Aeronautics and Astronautics, MSc International Criminal Justice Studies
- Position:Associate Lecturer
- Department:HAS - Health and Social Sciences
- Telephone:+44117 965 6261
- Email:Ben.Crane@uwe.ac.uk
About me
I have 28 years of public sector experience in three UK police forces, the College of Policing and a short period in the FCDO. My policing career was predominantly in uniform policing roles including neighbourhood policing, road policing, response policing and the operations room. I also spent periods as a tactical firearms commander, counter-terrorism security officer and public order officer.
Whilst at the College of Policing I led a pilot project exploring the benefits of development secondments outside policing for senior officers and I authored the Professional Placement Toolkit: Insights, Attachments, Secondments and Exchanges (College of Policing, 2018).
As an International Policing Advisor, I travelled to some interesting places and worked with overseas law enforcement agencies to improve specific capabilities on behalf of UK government departments.
I am now enjoying becoming more involved in police education.