Peter Williams MBE

Senior Lecturer in Policing at Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies

Trainer

Peter is a Senior Lecturer within the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies and the programme leader for On-Line Distance Learning at both undergraduate level and postgraduate, which are delivered in partnership with Informa365 in London, my individual areas of delivery are Terrorism/Counterterrorism, Intelligence Studies and Policing and Society.

Peter was awarded an MBE in 2026 King's Birthday Honours for services to Police Education and Training.

Prior to LJMU, Peter was a Senior Lecturer in Policing with Teesside University, having delivered programmes to West Mercia Police, the Royal Military/RAF Police and the Rwandan National Police – in addition to campus-based undergraduate teaching, which included delivery of modules for the Criminology subject group.

Peter is an author in the area of policing/criminal justice/terrorism and a regular contributor to live media such as BBC local radio; BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Kent, BBC Tees, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle, BBC Coventry and Warwick, BBC Wiltshire, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Three Counties Radio, BBC Radio Manchester; BBC Shropshire, BBC Radio Cumbria, BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester and BBC Radio Nottingham. National Radio:- BBC Radio Four 'Today' programme, BBC Radio 2, BBC '5 Live', BBC World Service, LBC, Times Radio and Sputnik Radio stations and television channels:- BBC News Channel, BBC 1 News, BBC Digital News Channel, BBC North West Tonight, BBC South East Today, BBC Northern Ireland, Sky News; ITV News 'Granada Reports', 'Good Morning Britain', Channel Four News, CNBC, TRT World, France 24, Deutche Welle, Russia Today International and RT (UK), Indus Media (Pakistan) and GB News in respect of policing, terrorism and kindred matters.

Prior to working in the higher education sector, Peter was a police officer with Merseyside Police, retiring in the rank of Inspector. In September, 2017, he was awarded a Chief Officer Commendation by Merseyside Police having assisted in the LJMU delivery of the Police Knowledge Fund in partnership with Merseyside Police as follows:- 'For professionalism and commitment to supporting the development of police officers and staff through evidenced-based research thus creating a more efficient and effective service for the communities of Merseyside'