Protect and Serve

Ret'd Supt Martin Gallagher held a variety of roles during his career including operational patrol, both as a Constable and Sergeant; Detective roles (DC and DS) including drugs interdiction, intelligence and as a serious crime investigator / Dep SIO; national resilience work, including crisis events, the London Olympics and COP26; Divisional level Co-ordination and Partnership engagement; Executive level research, support and advice on strategic issues. 

Martin completed a successful posting as Local Area Commander, leading a team of 200 staff in Scotland's largest town, Paisley. From this role he progressed to become Deputy and then Business Lead for Mobile Working as a member of the Digitally Enabled Policing Programme. Martin completed a secondment to Glasgow to assist with logistics and staff matters in respect of the Covid-19 response. 

Martin was a football match and event commander in addition to being a Post Incident Manager.

In addition, Martin deployed out with the UK to South East Asia in a command mentorship role.

Martin concluded his service as a Superintendent with the Criminal Justice Services Division, leading over 350 staff.

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Having joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1982, Simon was promoted to Commander in 2003 after 20 years working on murder and child abuse cases, and in some of the most challenging environments.

From 2007 to 2012 he was the head of the Metropolitan Police Homicide and Serious Crime Command, dealing with the investigation of murder and serious crime in both London and (where called on) around the world. In 2009 he became the head of the new specialist crime teams dealing with the investigation of rape, and also the teams dealing with child abuse and paedophile activity.

He was the national lead for the role of family liaison officers, Deputy Chair of the ACPO Homicide Working Group, and Chair of the Europol Homicide Working Group. Simon was a key figure in the creation of the National Homicide Service. He was awarded the Queens Police Medal in the Birthday Honours list of 2009.

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Harry Miller, a former police officer from Humberside, was investigated by police over a poem that he posted on Twitter.

A “cohesion officer” from Humberside Police telephoned Harry and told him that, while his tweets had not broken any laws, he should not to engage in political debate on Twitter “because some people don’t like it”. The officer cited 30 ‘potentially offensive tweets’, but the police have so far refused to identify the tweets they deem to be offensive.

Although no crime was committed, sharing the poem online was recorded as a hate incident.

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Victor served as a police officer for 35 years. He joined Surrey Police in 1982 straight from university, where he obtained a BSc Biochemistry (Hons) degree.  

He transferred to the City of London Police in 1990 and worked in various roles that included Detective Inspector in the Fraud Squad. 

In 2003 he went on secondment to the Home Office to work on Stop and Search in the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. The work involved advising Ministers on policy and chief police officers on good practice in their officers’ use of stop and search. In 2005 he was awarded a PhD in Criminology by the London School of Economics and Political Science.  

He transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in April 2006 on promotion to Superintendent and in April 2012 he was promoted to Chief Superintendent and posted to Bexley Borough as a Borough Commander.  

In 2013 he moved to Haringey as the Borough Commander, during one of the most challenging periods in the history of the Borough and the MPS. In 2016 he took on the role of head of Diversity and Inclusion for the MPS. In 2017, Victor was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished police service. In October 2017 he retired from the Police Service and spent six months as a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and remains an associate staff there. 

Since retirement Victor has worked voluntarily as a Director for Safeguarding at Surrey County Football Association, a Trustee at Middlesex Learning Partnership. He is a visiting lecturer at Portsmouth University He works as an advisor to a civil society organisation called Civil Rights Defenders, in Sweden. He joined the Board of Governors at NACRO as a Trustee in May 2020.

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Victor served as a police officer for 35 years. He joined Surrey Police in 1982 straight from university, where he obtained a BSc Biochemistry (Hons) degree.  

He transferred to the City of London Police in 1990 and worked in various roles that included Detective Inspector in the Fraud Squad. 

In 2003 he went on secondment to the Home Office to work on Stop and Search in the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. The work involved advising Ministers on policy and chief police officers on good practice in their officers’ use of stop and search. In 2005 he was awarded a PhD in Criminology by the London School of Economics and Political Science.  

He transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in April 2006 on promotion to Superintendent and in April 2012 he was promoted to Chief Superintendent and posted to Bexley Borough as a Borough Commander.  

In 2013 he moved to Haringey as the Borough Commander, during one of the most challenging periods in the history of the Borough and the MPS. In 2016 he took on the role of head of Diversity and Inclusion for the MPS. In 2017, Victor was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished police service. In October 2017 he retired from the Police Service and spent six months as a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and remains an associate staff there. 

Since retirement Victor has worked voluntarily as a Director for Safeguarding at Surrey County Football Association, a Trustee at Middlesex Learning Partnership. He is a visiting lecturer at Portsmouth University He works as an advisor to a civil society organisation called Civil Rights Defenders, in Sweden. He joined the Board of Governors at NACRO as a Trustee in May 2020.

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Since 1996 Mike has worked in Senior Management positions as either a Superintendent or Chief Superintendent in three Police Forces, namely the West Midlands Police, the Sovereign Bases Police in Cyprus, and the British Transport Police.

In January 2003 he was awarded the Queens Police Medal in the New Years Honours List for services to the Police.

Having concluded his service with the Police in the UK he was resident in Cyprus from 1.4.2011 but returned to the UK permanently on the 3rd August 2011.

Throughout his career Michael has maintained an interest in organised football violence and the various options available to reduce the problem. He has co-written a book with Robert Endeacott on Operation Red Card which details an Operation he led to address Birmingham's Zulu Warriors in 1987. This book entitled 'Hunting the Hooligans - The true story of Operation Red Card' was published by MILO on 1st August 2015 and can now be pre-booked on Amazon. He has also written about a decade of football violence in Cyprus and the book is called 'Violence in the Sun'. It was released as a Kindle EBook on Amazon again by MILO in April 2015.

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Rory has spent more than a decade working on law and order, from fighting crime and disorder on the beat as a neighbourhood police officer in south London to advocating for anti-crime policies in the corridors of Whitehall and Parliament.

Most recently, Rory served as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Justice and Home Affairs in the No10 Policy Unit. He is unique in having served as both a Constable and to have spent time at the very heart of Government. He has seen the reality of the frontline, the reality faced by victims of crime and disorder, and the barriers in Westminster and elsewhere that prevent us from making the UK the safest place to live, work, and raise a family.

Having been the victim of a serious crime in the line of duty, when he was shot at by the suspect he was chasing, Rory understands all too well the risks that police officers take on behalf of the public, and is clear that in striving for world-class policing, we must never take for granted the very many good crime-fighting cops who we all rely on to keep us safe.

Rory regularly writes for and appears across a range of media, including The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, ConservativeHome, GB News and LBC. He has spoken at conferences both in the UK and overseas.

Rory also writes On The Beat – a weekly newsletter about policing, crime, and public safety.

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