William Semple Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Global

United Kingdom

• Delivered a modular investigative training programme to senior investigators and management at the Serious Fraud Office, London.

UK, Middle East, Sub Saharan Africa & Southern Asia

• A company providing bespoke investigation, risk and crisis mitigation services and training packages for both the public and private sector
• Mentoring specialist investigations capability and reviewing organisational structure and capacity with three separate agencies in the Middle East.
• Providing programme coordination to design, implement, monitor and evaluate a bespoke range of services resulting in sustainable change and investigations capacity building in Sub Saharan Africa.
• Designed & delivered specialist investigation training and compliant evidence gathering capability in South Asia.
• Consultancy services provided to various companies & organisations including Torchlight Group, IBM, PwC, UNODC, College of Policing, Serious Fraud Office & others.

Major Crime & Counter Terrorism - Specialist Crime Division (SCD)

• Strategic lead for review of SCD business areas within legacy Scottish police forces, identifying and implementing unifying working practices in line with aims and objectives of the new unitary Police Service of.
• Work closely with Scottish Government and all 32 Local Authorities in the course of risk managing projects which cross cut multiple organisations in both the public and private sector, for example the maintenance and.
• Strategic lead for the implementation of Schengan Information System II (SIS II) linking Scotland into a European law enforcement information sharing system
• Member of an elite cadre of national specialist investigators

Crime Intelligence Division

• Responsible for the strategic overview and operational delivery of covert and overt investigations into all forms of serious crime committed in, or impacting upon, the Tayside Region of Scotland. This included.
• Secretariat to Chief Constable for national Counter Terrorism infrastructure compatibility and interoperability in the UK
• Chair of Scottish Commercial Crime Group which was awarded the Scottish Governments "Making Communities Safer" Scottish Policing Award
• Secretariat to ACPOS Business & Financial Crime work-stream, vice chair of Scottish Financial Crime Group

Operational Support Division

• Lead for Tayside Police business continuity plan, including testing and exercising key business areas and leads in the Force
• Provided a fit for purpose organisational response to a wide range of naturally occurring, industrial accident or criminal incidents. Chaired the Tayside Strategic Coordination Group in this regard
• Event planning for annual occurrences including large music festivals and Royal visits

Central Division, Dundee

• Responsible for operational policing in the city of Dundee
• Managed circa 500 police officers and staff
• Investigated all complaints made against personnel with associated disciplinary role

Uniform Policing And CID

• Mainly CID roles from Detective Constable through to Detective Chief Inspector
• •Divisional CID, Force Drugs Squad, Force Intelligence Bureau, Scottish Crime Squad, Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency
• Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) in protracted local, national and international criminal investigations

Police Studies, Hnc

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