My latest column in the Scotsman, published 21 November '22. The conclusions of the public inquiry into the terrorist attack on the...

It has been 60 years since his death, but Percy Sillitoe remains one of the greatest leaders of modern policing. Read my latest article...

Here's my latest column in the Scotsman, published 7th November 2022.... The 1980s concept of Designing out Crime was a thoughtful...

Here's my latest article in the Scotsman, published 24th October 2022. When the National Police Chiefs’ Council of England and Wales...

...was down to old-fashioned policing Read my latest column, published in the Scotsman on 10th October 2022. The killer of Renee and...

Here's my latest column in The Scotsman, published 26 September 2022. So at last Operation London Bridge, the plan for the funeral...

My column published in the Scotsman on 12 September 2022. As a young detective I was given many pieces of good advice, among them about...

Read my latest Scotsman column, published 29th August 2022. It’s a difficult time to be a member of London’s Metropolitan Police. A...

This is my latest Scotsman column, published on 15th August 2022. Who among us would wish to be judged on our early years? That gauche...

This is the final instalment of my three-part exclusive into the unsolved murder of Sheila Anderson for 1919 Magazine, published in their...

pulling down statues? This is my latest Scotsman column, published 1 August '22. The heartrending story of Sir Mo Farah’s childhood is a...

Here's my latest column in the Scotsman, published 18th July. Largely hidden by the psychodrama and endless news coverage of the Downing...

The second instalment of a three-part exclusive, I've written for 1919 Magazine's July issue, is out now - where I share my insight into...

My 100th Scotsman column, recently published (3rd July). For many of us involved in policing during the 80s and 90s, last week was a time...

Here's my latest Scotsman column, published 20th June 2022. I love The United States. I worked there, have good friends there, I even...

1919 Magazine, runs the first of it's three-part feature, recounting my insight into the unsolved murder of Sheila Anderson, back in...

This is my latest column in the Scotsman, published 6 June 2022. It’s an old debate and the subject of many a turgid criminology essay,...

and ex-officer gets £1m damages. These are truly strange times for justice... Below is my latest column for the Scotsman, published on 23...

Read my Scotsman column, published on 9th May, below. We seem to be living in an era of public inquiries. Long and expensive, they can be...

Many thanks to Gavin Madeley at the Scottish Daily Mail for the fantastic write up on Ruxton The First Modern Murder, which appeared in...