Dave Mangan is a former Lancashire Police officer who had previously served with the Royal Military Police. However he commenced his Police career in Cumbria. He met his wife at the Police treatment centre in Harrogate and as a result transferred to Lancashire.
During his service he trained as a diver and carried out a role as a decompression chamber operator. his skills were utilised with those who had suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. He describes the recovery of weapons and bodies from the water.
Dave thrived in the field of Public order and operational planning. During his career he gained qualifications as a Sports Ground Safety Officer, L5 Crowd Manager, Trainer and Assessor in the work place. As a senior police officer was accredited by the College of Policing as a Silver Public Order Commander, Bronze Commander, Policing Events Qualified and Tactical Firearms Commander.
Upon completion of his UK police service, he was employed as the Strategic Lead for Safety and Security at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club where he was responsible for overseeing the safety and security of Hillsborough Stadium, liaison with the SAG, SYP and other key stakeholders. During his employment he attained my Diploma in Stadium Spectator Safety through MITRE Training.
he continued to work in the event industry as a senior member of FGH Security with Strategic responsibility for delivering complex security and crowd safety operations for major events including successful delivery of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and working as Safety Officer at Cartmel Racecourse.
In September 2013 Dave was on a tour of the UK with his father Mike. On 11th September 2013, Mike sadly died when he was in collision with a vehicle in Wheddon Cross, Somerset Lancashire Police. As a result Dave produced Mikes Last Ride which has been published as a book and since its inception Mike’s Last Ride has won a national award from EVCOM (Event and Visual Communication Association) in the Social Media Campaign category and a silver award at Cannes Corporate Media and TV Awards for Informational films. It also came runner up in the 2014 ACPO Outstanding Contribution to Road Safety category.
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