I work as a train driver after switching career following 16 years in policing. For over a decade I focused my policing career on supporting young people, creating effective strategies to ensure their views were represented in policing, and creating opportunities for them to have positive interactions with the police.

As a youth offending officer, I was also responsible for managing young people who became involved with the criminal justice system, and developed strategies to divert them away. It was during this work that I secured a Fellowship to explore peer-led youth interventions in the USA. In particular, I explored the concept of teen and peer courts, and on my return established an adaptive model in Hampshire to great success. The award-winning programme is still in operation today, leaving a lasting legacy from my Fellowship. It has won national awards, working and engaging with hundreds of young people.

Although I have left policing, I still volunteer in a number of roles connected to the spirit of my Fellowship and I also mentor a number of young people.