(Photo taken just prior to retirement in 2001)
 

David J Jones is a retired Lancashire Constabulary officer. 

He has a wide experience of policing issues obtained through operational roles as a Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector, Superintendent and Chief Superintendent.  He wrote, tested and produced many emergency, security and operational plans for the Lancashire Constabulary ranging from policing of political conferences and poll tax demonstrations to nuclear incidents. In addition he was involved in a management capacity for 22 of his 32 years as a police officer, 17 of those at a strategic level.   

Over his last 5 years as a police officer he was involved in designing and implementing some of the major changes that helped Lancashire Constabulary become a much-praised modern police force.  He was a member of the Constabulary's Senior Management Team and involved in the development of strategy and the management of change on a daily basis. 

He was a co-author of the ACPO Crime Reduction Strategy, a member of the ACPO Crime Prevention Sub-Committee and a speaker at numerous local, regional and national conferences on crime reduction and community safety issues. On leaving the police service in 2001 he set up his own small consultancy company and led a HMIC (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary) Inspection team examining how six UK county police forces input information about arrested and convicted persons onto the PNC (Police National Computer).  This was followed by further HMIC contracts to report on how the London Metropolitan Police, West Midlands Police, Greater Manchester Police, Merseyside Police and the British Transport Police use PNC.                       

David now uses his experience and skills to provide staff development and strategic management support in relation to all manner of policing and other issues. He specialises in management training, strategic security reviews, policing policies and strategies and the management of the operational application of the RIPA and PNC .  He also offers a 'critical friend' service in relation to the delivery of policies, procedures and the Policing Pledge,

In 2004 he completed a full review of the Lancashire Partnership Against Crime (LANPAC), a review of the management of the PNC, and a project relating to volunteers for Lancashire Constabulary and carried out a strategic security review for a local authority.  

In 2005 he developed and delivered a management training course for British Transport Police (North West Area), provided ongoing PNC management support for British Transport Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary. 

During 2006 he worked with Cambridgeshire in relation to PNC and Schengen, and British Transport Police in relation to PNC, RIPA and Management Training and successfully coached officers for promotion.

In 2007 David had four 12 month contracts with British Transport Police (BTP) involving strategic management and staff development , completed a 12 month contract with Cambridgeshire Police relating to PNC Management , and completed a report for Gwent Police and British Transport Police relating to the introduction of mobile data in those forces.

In 2008 he completed existing contracts and commenced four new contracts involving him with strategic management and policy issues at both BCU level and national level for the BTP.   He also carried out three strategic reviews for BTP (into the use of CHIS, TSU and Scientific Support ) and  mentored/coached BTP officers and senior staff from the Ministry of Justice and the Prison Service.

In 2009/10 he worked on four management contracts with BTP and two with ‘WM Enterprise’ (evaluating ANPR for North West Development Agency and, ongoing, evaluation of ‘virtual courts’ for the Home Office). In addition he has advised Bermuda Police Service in relation to internal inspections, and currently coaches BTP officers and senior staff from the National Offender Management Service (NOMS).