This seminar will include an overview of Project Vigilant, Thames Valley Police’s pioneering initiative aimed at identifying predatory behaviour utilising non-uniformed officers in public spaces. Whilst this initiative was developed in Oxford, it has since been adopted across Thames Valley and has now been introduced in the Metropolitan Police as well as other police forces. This seminar will outline the predatory behaviours that officers are seeking to identify as well as typologies of sex offenders according to a behavioural psychologist from the National Crime Agency. This seminar will also touch upon stalking behaviours and the effectiveness of policing interventions based upon DCI Senior’s academic research.
Tina Wallace
Project Vigilant
Thames Valley Police