Tony has thirty years experience as a police officer and holds a National Police Trainers Certificate and a Certificate in Education (FE) awarded by the University of the West of England. He has extensive experience in the field of child protection and is able to draw upon a whole range of skills as an investigator, practitioner and trainer.

In a varied career he has been:-

Leader of  teams investigating child abuse, paedophile offending and child sexual exploitation via the Internet, working closely with the Child Exploitation On-line Protection Centre (CEOP), the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and all agencies involved in Child Protection

Interview advisor in major investigations and specialist in forensic interviewing of children.

Member of "Disabled Children and Child Protection Guidelines for Good Practice Working Group" for Bristol.

Member of the Child Protection Commission for the Clifton Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.

Member of the National Police Working Party and co-author of police child protection training curriculum.

In recent years Tony has trained professionals in Child protection, forensic interviewing and also child sexual exploitation and the Internet both here and abroad for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.