Staff and associates

Dr Rick Muir is Director of the Police Foundation, the UK’s independent policing think tank. He has led the Foundation since 2015 and oversaw its work on the Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales. He was previously Associate Director at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), leading...
Research Director
Areas of expertise: neighbourhood policing, evaluation, multi-agency working, offender management
Andy joined the Police Foundation in July 2013 having spent nine years in analytical roles with the Metropolitan Police Service. During his time with the MPS Andy worked as a crime and intelligence analyst before moving to a central Corporate Development team where he carried out strategic research, corporate performance...
Head of Serious Crime Research
Areas of expertise: organised crime, fraud, child sexual exploitation, cross-border policing, police prioritisation, police data, information systems
Michael Skidmore joined the Police Foundation in May 2014 as a researcher on a project studying the impact of organised crime on local communities. He previously worked as a researcher in government for six years, most recently in Home Office Science where he developed a portfolio of work looking at...
Catherine is a qualified primary school teacher and was previously Education Manager for a complementary healthcare membership organisation. She has worked in a variety of settings within the public and charity sector and also helped co-found a mental health charity. She became the Communications Officer in 2011.
Researcher
Areas of expertise: Neighbourhood policing, Safeguarding
Ruth Halkon is a researcher at the Police Foundation. She joins the Foundation from the Metropolitan Police where she served for three years as a police constable in Haringey in North London. As a Dedicated Ward Officer she used evidence-based policing to tackle homelessness, drug dealing and antisocial behaviour in...
Researcher
Areas of expertise: Child forensic psychology, Trauma-informed care, Lie detection
Felicity is a researcher at the Police Foundation and is currently working on an online fraud research project. Prior to joining the Police Foundation Felicity worked as a research and evaluation officer for the Centre of Early Child Development (NSPCC) leading on trauma-informed care projects. Felicity has a PhD in...
Nicole Graveson joined the Police Foundation as the Events Officer in August 2023. She brings with her a rich background in event management and an extensive understanding of UK policing. Her most recent role was with Glasgows, a company renowned for organising and executing events for prominent clients like the...
Researcher
Areas of expertise: Domestic abuse , Child sexual abuse , Child criminal exploitation
Beth joined the Police Foundation in September 2019. She has expertise on hidden harms, in particular domestic abuse, child sexual abuse and child criminal exploitation. At the Police Foundation Beth has worked on several research projects, including Turning the tide against online child sexual abuse, published in July 2022, Understanding...
Senior Associate Fellow
Gavin was Deputy Director of the Police Foundation from May 2014 to May 2017. Previously, Gavin was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (Birkbeck College) working on a study of misconduct by chief police officers for the College of Policing. Gavin has extensive experience...
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Ian Kearns is a senior associate fellow of the Police Foundation. He has 25 years of experience working in the public, private and NGO sectors. He is a former Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Prior to this Ian was a Director...
Malcolm Hibberd is a social psychologist and has been working with the police for nearly 40 years. He has worked on a range of research projects including the first independent evaluation of neighbourhood policing for the Police Foundation from 1982-87. For more than thirty years Malcolm has developed and delivered...
Senior Associate Fellow
Stan Gilmour is a Strategic Consultant and was most recently the Director of the Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit. In his 30 years in policing Stan worked across local and neighbourhood policing, major crime, intelligence operations, counter-terrorism and public protection. He was a member of the College of Policing’s Neighbourhood...
Mark Evans has been a member of the New Zealand Police executive for the past 10 years and has held a wide range of portfolios. He has been the intelligence lead for a range of high-profile events including the 15th March 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack. In 2017 Mark led on establishing the NZ Evidence Based Policing...
Olivia was Chief Constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary until 2023, leading 5,000 people and serving 2 million residents. A chief officer for 15 years, Olivia held a number of NPCC portfolios, latterly the NPCC Local Policing Committee. Olivia has Chaired the statutory multi-agency Local Resilience Forum for major incident...
Senior Associate Fellow
Neil Basu, is a retired Metropolitan Police Service officer who served as the Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations (ACSO) and national lead for Counter Terrorism Policing 2018-2021. He retired in 2022 as a Non-Executive Director at the College of Policing representing National Police Chiefs Council and he was the Leadership and...
Senior Associate Fellow
Kerrin’s career in the police has spanned 30 years including almost five years as an Assistant Chief Constable with Lincolnshire Police. Kerrin worked in CID, in uniform and in specialist roles which included over 20 years as a hostage negotiator and a 12-month secondment with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office...
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Sarah Charman is a Professor of Criminology at the University of Portsmouth and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. She has researched and published widely in the last 25 years on the sociology of policing and the policing organisation, most notably on policing cultures, police leadership, police recruits and pandemic policing.  Her...
Senior Associate Fellow
Sal Naseem is the former Regional Director for London at the Independent Office for Police Conduct, where he spent the best part of a decade working in the police accountability framework in England and Wales. Sal is currently Assistant Director of Insight, Policy & Strategy at Birmingham City Council, and...