I have been working for Sussex Police since 2015 in a number of roles which has provided lots of variety and experience.
I started my working life a little directionless and decided to go to university later than my peers in order to widen my horizons, and studied Applied Social Science at Brighton University. This gave me a passion for social causes and led me to focus my career search in policing in a staff role. Policing has led to such varied and exciting opportunities, such as working in a secondment in the Violence Against Women and Girls field where I held a coordinator role, of which remains a hugely motivating factor for me. A further secondment where I project managed a partner data project really tested my resilience due to a number of difficult factors. This project required analysing large data sets and writing reports through a partnership lens in order to improve social outcomes for local communities. I have been working in the Researcher field since 2016 where I am able to exercise my strong sense of justice which drives me. This involves data analysis as well as exploring lines of enquiry for investigations. I come from a working class background in a deprived town.