Keith Blundy Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Digital Policing - Business Engagement and Project Portfolio

London Borough Of Hammersmith And Fulham

Crime Manager and Public Protection• Within the Senior Management Team managed a staff of over 600 in an inner London Borough, the sixth most densely populated area in the country. • Planned and managed operations, led on response to crime management. • Supervised serious violence investigations and high risk missing persons• Introduced governance, delivery plans and robust performance management, improving overall serious crime reduction and increasing detection rates.• Managed risk and led on police partnership work with both the voluntary and statutory sector in safeguarding for Hammersmith and Fulham within the tri- borough partnership of Westminster City Council, Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, and Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council.• Managed budget spend for the Criminal Investigation Department to keep within yearly expenditure. • Joint MAPPA Chair• Led on Criminal Justice and was the specific point of contact with senior Crown Prosecutors and District Judges.

Various Postings Including Murder Investigations

• Engaged in all types of investigation across Westminster and North London, culminating in a 3 year posting to Scotland Yard Murder Teams including pre Trident investigations based at Metropolitan Police Hendon• Engaged as Exhibits Officer and Family Liaison, as well as Case Officer

London Borough Of Islington

• Responsible for performance, the management of risk, crime management and investigation across various teams of officers at the busy inner London Borough of Islington. • Chaired the Islington Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) and developed a strategy for dealing with repeat perpetrators within existing budgets, and negotiated effectively with partner agency and voluntary sector groups for effective partnership working• Borough of Islington MARAC Steering Group member• Key contributor and influencer to obtaining additional Home Office funding of the MARAC• Provided concise and relevant reports to internal and external senior managers, and identified areas for improved working practices and implemented systems to increase productivity and save costs• Joint MAPPA Chair

Hertfordshire Police Headquarters

• Led teams of detectives in the investigation of major crime, managed budgets and investigations • Negotiated with regional co-op managers for joint initiative to reduce incidents of theft, reduce costs, and increase detections• Presented to co-op Management Board, delivered briefings to staff, and provided data and benefits to Greater Manchester Police• Force lead for alcohol crime reduction • Project lead to identify opportunities for cross border working, examining the resource and operational effectiveness of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire to operate casualty bureau for national commitment• Produced and reported to Chief Executive level a concise and accurate picture of capacity and capability for each force• Made short-term recommendation to shared service capability to reduce cost in terms of duplicate training, improve delivery and resilience for national commitment. Long-term recommendation of collaboration with six east region forces in disaster victim identification• Presented proposal to Regional Chief Officer leads and co-produced business case; single co-located casualty bureau and disaster victim identification team established at regional level

Westminster

• Responsible for a team of detectives investigating major and volume crime. This involved management of budgets and case load for cost effective investigation, and the carrying out of investigations as appropriate• Oversaw a team of police investigators housed within Parliament sometimes engaged in sensitive investigation of high profile cases• Coached and managed teams of young officers involved in volume crime investigation and carried out the role of Evidence Review Officer for all cases considered for charging advice, including liaison with Crown Prosecution lawyers