Kevin Gay was only 20 when he joined Essex Police. He was posted to Southend and to move back towards the location where his future wife lived he transferred to Stansted Airport, where he became an authorised firearms officer.
Kevin then sought a specialist role and moved to the elite Force Support Unit where he became an integral part of the team. His role on the FSU was varied and he undertook surveillance, method of entry, public order deployments and many other interesting roles.
Kevin was promoted and returned to West Essex. He was deployed to the G8 conference at Gleneagles and was a public order commander in Northern Ireland during the volatile period when "Orangemen" marched. This was a very political deployment and Kevin had a team of officers including firearms support due to the aggressive nature of the event. Kevin witnessed first hand the deployment of water cannons.
Even was promoted to Inspector and concluded his service as a traffic inspector where he would oversea the investigations of fatal road collisions.
Kevin has an autistic son (Callum) and Following his retirement Kevin became the Head of Pact For Autism. Pact is located in Harlow but supports families who has an autistic member.
If you need advice or support you can contact Kevin and the team on the links below
https://www.facebook.com/PACTHarlowForAutism/
https://www.instagram.com/pactforautism/
https://twitter.com/pactforautism
https://www.pactforautism.org.uk/pact-videos
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