Cohort 9 Graduation - Booklet

Welcome

We are delighted to celebrate your completion of the National Graduate Leadership Programme in the company of your friends and family, as well as the wider Police Now community. We hope that you enjoy the day and we look forward to continuing to engage with you as alumni of the programme. Housekeeping Please wear your lanyard at all times. These need to be returned to a member of Police Now staff at the end of the event. Cloakroom and toilets are located on the lower ground floor, accessible via the staircase or the lift. In the event of an emergency, please follow the emergency exit signs to leave the building, and gather at the Jubilee Square, outside the Kensington Central Library. Please remember that the location of this event is strictly confidential in order to ensure the safety of everyone on site

Agenda

Cohort 9 Force Partners

Metropolitan Police Service

Greater Manchester Police

Surrey Police

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Lincolnshire Police

Thames Valley Police

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Peter Barnes

Katie Clegg

Conor Finch

Millie Baxendale

Erin Connaghan

Rachel Harris

Jack Gregory

Tobiasz Klejbach

Joshua Witherstone

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Ethan Stacey

Nicholas Beresford

Zhane Jean-Jacques

Joshua Rutland

Luke Hinchliffe

HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Jessica Harvey

Mateusz Sieminski

Lewis Critten

Molisa McGinnis

LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Andrei-Cezar Savischi

Alexander Webb

Annabel-Louise Hunt

Alicia Wallace

Anojan Sukanth

Amal Thakrar

Cara Mackenzie

Amelia Harris

Casey-Jay Pownall

Amy Gregory

Corin Leonard

Metropolitan Police Service

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Henry Sanders

Dermot McCabe

Isabel Chetwynd

Emily Marriott

Ivan Chambers

Emily Kemp-Morris

Jacob Brett

Hanna Pearcey

Helen Chen

Jai Patel

Metropolitan Police Service

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Liam Szczepanski

James Loveday

Luke Cervini

Jamie Joy

Luke Taylor

Jessica Idahosa

Lysander Code

Katie Ford

Kiara Hamis

Madelaine Dodd

Metropolitan Police Service

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Marcus Briers

Neemai Scotto Di Covella

Margarida Sofia Almeida Amado

Neil Davies

Nina Yonta Fouochoung

Maya Morgan

Megan Cochrane

Oliver Tothill

Nathaniel Ivy

Olivia Bishop

Metropolitan Police Service

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Phoebe Preece

Roxana Bucura

Priya Sheth

Sunil Bharke

Rabiah Perveen

Tahsin Mushfique

Rebecca Yeomans

Tayla Pullman

Ronan O'Connor

Thomas Kemp-Morris

Metropolitan Police Service

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Abigail Hayward

James Ellis

Carys Jones

Joe Howden

Elliot Moore

Oliver Storey

Freya Ingham

Stacey Josling

Iqbeer Singh

Tia-Maria Barsamian

Surrey Police

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

Please join us in celebrating the graduation of

Greg Pankhurst

Carys Rickaby

Chloe Regan

Samuel Edmonds

Eoin Mulligan

Tom Freeman

Thames Valley Police

Please note that these names are correct as of 30th September 2025. Further officers will graduate at a later time.

COHORT 9 - IMPACT AWARDS

Click on each category to find out the winner.

Brilliant Community Problem Solving

Crime Reduction and Improved Public Trust

Innovation and Influencing Change

Outstanding Achievement Award

LJMU AWARDS

Click on each category to find out the winner.

The Top Marks Award

The Grit Award

The Impact Award

The Excellence Through Learning Award

Showcasing Cohort 9

Click on the links to read full details of the Cohort 9 Police Now media stories over the past 2 years.

• Police Now officer wins Student Officer of the Year Award

• A more inclusive Met: Pride on the policing frontline

• Policing with Pride: building trust and empowering communities

• Police Now officer spearheads successful operation and captures New Scotland Yard's attention

• Police Now officer disrupts major organised shoplifting gang with innovative new tactics

Guest Speaker Biography

Chief Inspector Chris Rutter - Hertfordshire Constabulary

Chris’s policing career began when he joined Hertfordshire Constabulary as a Police Constable in 2017 via the Police Now National Graduate Leadership Programme after studying Languages at the University of Cambridge. After successfully completing the Police Now Academy, Chris was a Police Constable in the Broxbourne Neighbourhood Team. In 2019, Chris became an Acting Police Sergeant as a Police Now Syndicate Lead, training and supporting participants at the National Graduate Leadership Programme Cohort 5 Academy. Following his Police Now secondment he successfully commenced on the Fast Track to Inspector Scheme, working as a Police Sergeant on Response Policing, Custody and Deputy Force Incident Manager. In 2021, Chris graduated from the Fast Track Scheme and worked as a Response Inspector. The following year Chris worked as an Initial Tactical Firearms Commander in the Force Incident Manager role. In 2024 Chris was promoted to Temporary Chief Inspector within Workforce Development, within this role he also holds strategic oversight of the Police Now Neighbourhood programme. Chris is also a Negotiator Coordinator accredited in Counter Terrorism, Kidnap & Extortion, and Hostage and Crisis negotiations.

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