I am a Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner, security sector reform consultant and volunteer chairman of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC Foundation.

My 1992 Fellowship looked at responses to occupational stress in policing. Its purpose was to compare what support existed for Northern Ireland police officers with initiatives available in the United States and Canada. I have a lifelong interest in this subject, having served in military and police organisations since my teenage years, and having experienced the impact stress had on colleagues, including suicide.

Since my Fellowship I have assisted the Royal Ulster Constabulary and its occupational health unit to design and deliver responses, and I have continued to lecture and advise on such issues from a holistic approach to police leadership development, countering violent extremism and community policing. I developed and still oversee a bursary scheme for the RUC GC Foundation, which enables serving Northern Ireland police officers and staff to travel abroad and research police innovations, many of which are related to officer wellbeing. In this way my Fellowship has had a multiplier effect, with wide benefits continuing to this day.