Sir John Murphy QPM DL LLB (hons)

Professor of Advanced Policing Studies at Liverpool John Moores University

Trainer

Sir Jon Murphy QPM joined Merseyside Police as a Cadet in January 1975. Following early uniform roles, he went on to an almost 20-year unbroken career as a detective rising to the rank of Detective Superintendent Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) before returning to uniform duties as Force Operations Manager.

He is a former SIO and Head of Intelligence who has performed the role of Gold Command during a counter-terrorist operation. He is retained as a policing advisor to Government and in 2017, following a lone actor terrorist attack on Parliament tragically resulting in the death of a police officer, he conducted a review of security at the Palace of Westminster.