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Please describe your role. My job provides a strategic view across the force about business-related crime. I am two months into this secondment and...
10-Jun-2008

So you want to be an... air observer
What does your job involve? My daily routine includes carrying out a fuel check, monitoring events, planning daily taskings, preparing the aircraft for deployment...
21-Nov-2007

So you want to be an... international police advisor
What does your role involve? I supervise and co-ordinate a team of international police advisors who are mentoring and training the Iraqi Police in...
13-Nov-2007

So you want to be a... hate crime co-ordinator
What does your role entail? I am one of two hate crime co-ordinators for the Wakefield district, which involves overseeing and monitoring hate crime...
07-Nov-2007

*So you want to be a ...
What does your job entail? The role is about making sure the right links are made between the police service and agencies involved in...
22-Oct-2007

So you want to be a... staff officer with HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
DCS Paul Rickett is a lead staff officer on the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary's look into frontline supervision What does your job...
19-Sep-2007

So you want to be a... criminal law barrister
Paul Rooney has recently qualified as a barrister, specialising in criminal law, after taking medical retirement from the police service What did...
11-Sep-2007

So you want to be a....chief abroad
David Kelly is the chief constable of the Sovereign Base Areas Police, the force that oversees the British Territories in Cyprus What is your...
05-Sep-2007

So you want to be a... money laundering specialist
Det Supt Vic Deanes supervises Durham Constabulary's new money laundering unit which was set up in April What does the unit do?...
15-Aug-2007

So you want to be a... human rights legal adviser
Ralph Roche is the senior legal adviser for human rights for the Police Service for Northern Ireland What does the job entail? My ...
31-Jul-2007

So you want to be an... arson reduction specialist
Is this a police role? Yes, although I am employed through the Thames Valley arson reduction and investigation forum, which means that I ...
25-Jul-2007

So you want to be a... project manager
Supt Ron Ardley is part of the project team for Northumbria Police's workforce modernisation project. The national launch of the modernisation demonstration sites within ...
18-Jul-2007

So you want to be a...Marine Unit boat manager for the Ministry of Defence Police
Sgt Paul Cawrse is the Devonport Marine Unit boat manager for the Ministry of Defence Police What does your job entail? ...
09-Jul-2007

So you want to be a... senior investigator for the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Stephen Anzac Evans is an acting senior investigator for the Independent Police Complaints Commission What does the role entail? I am ...
26-Jun-2007

So you want to be an ... interview advisor
DC Peter Boon is a national interview advisor with Greater Manchester Police According to your force you are the only constable in the country...
13-Jun-2007

So you want to be a... hate crime officer
PC Natalie Booth, 24, is a hate crime officer for Greater Manchester Police What does your job entail? I have been ...
06-Jun-2007

So you want to be a.....head of learning
Tony Hester is the head of learning in Dream Group, who provide police training and supply experienced former officers to work on force projects ...
23-May-2007

So you want to be an... officer with a youth offending team
What does your job entail? I am part of a multi-agency team that supervises young offenders on court orders. I deal mainly with young...
15-May-2007

So you want to be a... principal analyst
What does your role involve? I am the principal analyst for two forces, which means spending alternating weeks in the two locations. In Cambridgeshire,...
08-May-2007

So you want to be a...drugs recognition trainer
PC Tony Hunt, from Northamptonshire Police, is a national trainer for drugs recognition instructors PC Tony Hunt learnt the techniques of his job in...
02-May-2007

So you want to be a...detective
Det Sgt Paul Mullaly works in Operation Reflex, Essex Police's joint intelligence unit What does your job entail? My role within Operation Reflex...
24-Apr-2007

So you want to be a detective
Det Sgt Paul Mullaly works in Operation Reflex, Essex Police's joint intelligence unit What does your job entail? My role within Operation Reflex...
23-Apr-2007

So you want to be a... homicide and major investigation officer
Det Supt Paul Kennedy works on the homicide and major investigation team at West Yorkshire Police What does your current role entail? I ...
28-Feb-2007

So you want to be a... police standards unit officer?
Ch Supt Chris Channer has been seconded from the Met to the Police Standards Unit at the Home Office What does your current role...
06-Feb-2007

So you want to be a...sexual offence investigations techniques officer?
PC Jayme Johnson wants to apply for a role in the Met's sexual assault team, Project Sapphire Why do you want to be ...
09-Jan-2007

So you want to be a...child abuse investigation unit
DC Mel Dawson works in Staffordshire Police's child abuse investigation unit What does the job involve? The child abuse investigation unit investigates physical, ...
02-Jan-2007

So you want to be a...community police officer
PC Mark Harris is a school community police officer for South Wales Police. He studied for a post graduate diploma in education to do ...
12-Dec-2006

*So you want to be a... UK Football Policing Unit
What does your job entail? I oversee the UK Football Policing Unit's three main areas of responsibility. We deal with football policy issues...
05-Dec-2006

So you want to be a...firearms trainer
Sgt Jane Kembery is a firearms trainer with West Mercia Constabulary How did you become a firearms trainer? I became a firearms instructor...
29-Nov-2006

So you want to be a... force's press officer
PC Ian Sales is a City of London Police officer. He is on a posting in the force's press office What is your usual...
13-Nov-2006

So you want to be a...assistant welfare officer
What does your job entail? Historically, welfare officers only looked after police pensioners, widows and orphans. Modern policing has placed increasing demands and pressures ...
11-Oct-2006

So you want to be a... chairman of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland
What does your job entail? The main part of my job is to be the public face of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland ...
04-Oct-2006

So you want to be a...volume crime scene examiner
What does your job entail? My job, which is the equivalent to assistant scene of crime officer, can vary from day to day, depending ...
27-Sep-2006

So you want to be a...Architectural liaison officer
What does your job involve? It primarily involves advising planners and developers on how to reduce the opportunities for crime and perceived disorder. I ...
13-Sep-2006

So you want to be a... chief officer
What does the job involve? It is exceedingly varied. We focus primarily on protecting the financial engine of the UK so we are heavily ...
23-Aug-2006

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