Mike was born in Bolton and after schooling Joined the RMP he served in Hong Kong, West Germany and joined the SIB where he commenced his career as a Detective. He was involved in the investigation of a variety of incidents including cot deaths.
When he was promoted to Sgt, Mike was posted to Londonderry in uniform. He decided that he wanted to join the metropolitan police and eventually commenced his training at Hendon. He was initially posted to South London and got involved in the community and began to become a beacon to members of the Army Cadets.
In the early 90s the crimes changed; banks had removed the glass at the counter which resulted in suspects jumping over the counter. It was following a series of robberies that he was handed a book of images by DI Ian Macdonald . Mike identified a gap in the forensic management of images and the investigations improved.
Mike began to manage the CCTV Unit in Southwark. Southwark became the most prolific publisher in the Police Gazette. The Met Circulation Unit commenced.
Mike commenced the Super Recognizers and was fully supported by Simon Foy. The drafted members of staff were complemented by a team of volunteers who were subsequently recognised for their efforts by the Home Secretary of the day, (Theresa May).
The work of the team was global and supported a murder investigation in Hastings Victoria. Mike works closely with Professor Josh Davies and quotes work by Professor Richard Russell
Recently, Mike viewed the image of Lord Lucan and concluded that the image provided by the media was not the missing Lord.
Super recognisers were used in the Hillsborough investigation and identified the remaining victims in the crowd using CCTV. Super recognisers were used if the murder of Alice Gross and the Grenfell Tower disaster. During this the super recogniser identified 17 people who were committing fraud. Mikes Legacy is Super recognisers across the world.
Mike is a published author and has written books relating to Freemasonry and can be found on Amazon. He is a Colonel in the Army Cadets and heads the music for the UK and Gibraltar. He works with young offenders and identifies people as future leaders.
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