Dr Garry Thomas, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD

Managing Director

Professional Development

BSc (Hons) in Applied Chemistry (1981)

MSc in The Study of Security Management (1996)

PhD in A Critical Analysis of the Use of Community Intelligence in Local Neighbourhood Policing (2015)

Home Office Crime Prevention Course (1993)

Professional Experience

• Managing Director, The Salus Fellowship

August 2012 to Present

• Independent Consultant & Research Assistant to Professor Colin Rogers, University of South Wales

January 2020 to Present

• Member of the Centre for Policing Research Cognate Group, University of South Wales

April 2016 to Present

• Regional Field Officer (Chief Inspector), National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)

December 2008 to August 2010

• General Secretary, All Wales Neighbourhood Policing Development Group

October 2005 to December 2008

• Police Officer, South Wales Police

July 1982 to July 2012

Professional Membership

• Member of the Australian & New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing (2016)
• Member of the British Society of Criminology (BSC) Policing Network (2016)
• Member of the Canadian Society of Evidence Based Policing (2016)
• Member of the Society of Evidence Based Policing (2016)
• Member of the University of South Wales Centre for Policing Research Cognate Group (2016)

Areas of Expertise

• Community Engagement
• Community Intelligence
• Community Policing
• Cohesive Service Provision
• Crime Prevention
• Security Management

Professional Publications