David Boyle Mst (Cantab) MIinstLM
Chief Superintendent
National JESIP lead for Strategy and Transformation
David joined Bedfordshire Police in 1996 after graduating from The University of Central Lancashire with a Degree in Applied Social Studies.
David has worked in a variety of roles with Bedfordshire Police throughout his 28-year career, as well being seconded to the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Alliance Collaboration programme successfully heading up the introduction of tri-force Protective Services units in including Armed Policing, Roads Policing, Operational Planning, Dog units, CT/DE units, Major Crime and Scientific Services.
As a Chief Superintendent, David undertook the role of Head of Local Policing in Bedfordshire and was responsible for 24/7 Response Policing teams, Neighbourhood Policing, Operational planning and the Force Control room. More recently, David has been responsible for Specialist Operations Teams across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire, which include armed policing, roads policing, public order policing, Civil contingencies, and dog support.
David has many years command experience. He is currently accredited as a Strategic firearms Commander, Specialist Strategic Firearms Commander, Gold Public order commander, Gold CBRN commander and Major Incident Gold commander.
David has an avid interest in evidence-based practice in policing and holds a Master of Studies degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge where he completed research in the field of Restorative Justice.
Charis Taylor
JOL Coordinator
Charis joined the team in August 2018 from South West Ambulance Service where she has gained 24 years of experience working in the Emergency Operations Centre, Hazardous Area Response Team and EPRR department as the EPRR Officer for Interoperable Capabilities and Special Projects.
Daniel Forman
Communications and Engagement Lead
Dan is a communications and strategy consultant, specialising in home affairs and social policy. He is currently working with JESIP, the National Police Chiefs Council and Counter Terrorism Policing. He previously worked in the Civil Service and as a journalist, and has also worked for the Bank of England and UK Sport, as well as on a number of independent inquiries and reviews.
Inspector Jo Molyneux
Training and Exercising Lead
Jo has 21 years of policing experience having joined Essex Police in 2003. She has worked in a variety of roles both as a Detective and on the front line. Jo has spent the last 5 years as a Local Policing Inspector. Jo is now seconded full time to the JESIP Team and is leading work on Testing and Exercising.
Clair Potter
Assurance and Embedding Lead
Clair has 17 years of policing experience having joined Kent Police in 2007. She has worked in a variety of departments including Criminal Justice, Corporate Services and Public Protection but she has spent the majority of her career within the planning department having been involved in planning for a Tier 1 Counter Terrorism Exercise, the Kent Police response to the Olympic and Paralympic Games and, more recently, running the Contingency Planning and Business Continuity department. Throughout her career, Clair has enjoyed working closely with a variety of partners, including her local resilience forum. Clair is now seconded full time to the JESIP Team and is leading work on the Assurance and Embedding workstream.
Katie McCallum
Katie joins us from Hertfordshire Constabulary as Business Support Officer. Katie has been in policing since 2011, having joined as an apprentice at the age of 16. She has worked within Human Resources and as a PA for a number of Senior Leaders, including Gold Commanders working on major incidents. As Business Support Officer Katie will play a central role in our programme management, resource planning, risk register and governance, as well as several other crucial roles.
Malcolm Landells
Malcolm joins us from the Scottish Ambulance Service as our ambulance specialist service practitioner. He has recent experience working as a Special Operations Response Team (SORT) Paramedic in the East of Scotland and in the last two years as a Resilience Advisor for the Scottish Ambulance Service. Malcolm is a huge advocate for both the importance and the potential of JESIP, not just for our blue light partners but across the whole responder network.
Alex Perks
Alex is an experienced police officer who joins as our policing specialist service practitioner. He joined the City of London Police in 1996 and transferred to Hertfordshire Constabulary in 1999, where he was worked on operations planning, including for several major events, and as an Eastern regional training lead. Alex has also worked as a CBRN tactical adviser and loves working in partnership with counterparts from other services.
Ben Wooders
Ben joins as our fire service specialist practitioner from the London Fire Brigade. He is a Level One Incident Commander in the LFB and most recently served as a Command Unit Team Leader in the borough of Lewisham. He regularly chairs multi-agency meetings at high profile incidents and is passionate about multi-agency working. Prior to joining the Brigade he previously served in the British Army for 15 years, including as a Search and Counter IED specialist.
