Adrian Gurney Email and Phone Number

Worked as Custody Sergeant in busy city centre custody suite where I was responsible for the management and supervision of the centre.This included the following;Ensuring the integrity of the centre's security at all times, monitoring all visitors to the centre including contractors, solicitors etc whilst ensuring the smooth day to day running of the centre.Accepting and authorising detention of arrested suspectsConducting risk assessments on all detainees to assess their medical and security risk.Advising and directing police officers on custody matters.Ensuring the welfare of detained persons and that their detention complies with relevant legislation and codes of practice.Examining evidence and authorising charges in accordance with national guidelines.Charging offenders and assessing bail risk and refusing bail as appropriate

Responsible for managing and supervising an 8 officer, dedicated policing team for a New Deals for communities (NDC) area in the deprived ward of Devonport. The NDC had a considerable budget which allowed me to conduct police specific operations and projects. I was tasked with identifying current crime trends and neighbourhood issues and implementing plans and initiatives to combat them. the team would work closely with the community, gathering intelligence on crime and community matters helping to direct operations.Answerable to a committee of professional and lay members who I would report to monthly. I would liaise daily with the NDC management team who in turn would set targets and where possible assist police operations and actions.

Based at saltash with operational and administrative responsibility for all constables on my section spread across five different police stations in East Cornwall. Directly responsible for the allocation of limited resources to dynamic incidents across the geographic area and for the supervision of those incidents either by travelling to the scene or remotely by radio. My remit also included the monitoring and annual appraisal reporting of officers under my command, for the allocation of crime enquiries and supervision all of my staf'f's investigations on a regular basis. Training needs of officers were identified and appropriate arrangements made for completion, especially of mandatory training.