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Hassan Torkia

London

Summary

Experienced professional with focus on close protection and security management. Capable of ensuring safety and security through strategic planning and risk assessment. Skilled in conflict resolution, surveillance, and emergency response.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work history

Close protection officer

Metropolitan Police
United Kingdom
01.2024 - 01.2025
  • As a Close protection officer for the Metropolitan Police, my role involves the protection of government ministers and foreign dignitaries at risk
  • Undertake reconnaissance to create appropriate travel arrangements.
  • Remain flexible in rapidly moving environment and adapted to developing situations.
  • Review schedules to avoid establishing patterns or routines.
  • Execute conflict management strategies whenever necessary maintaining peace and order.
  • Prevent potential threats through vigilant monitoring of surroundings during public events.
  • Demonstrate excellent decision-making skills under pressure minimising risks in critical situations.
  • Collaborate with security teams and emergency services to resolve urgent situations.
  • I regularly take part in the planning of large scale events and react spontaneously to any incidents that may occur
  • Planning of large scale events and security arrangements with Police and partner agencies

Police Constable - Emergency response team

Metropolitan Police
06.2021 - 01.2024
  • Transferred to London from Gwent Police doing the same role to broaden my experience and get out of my comfort zone. Often attending critical incidents and dealing with life threatening crime and medical emergencies.
  • Achieved resolution of disputes through effective negotiation and mediation techniques.
  • Responded quickly to emergency situations, leading calm and effective negotiations with suspects to diffuse highly charged situations.
  • Offered empathy and support to victims whilst professionally handling suspects in line with Police and Criminal Evidence Act.

Police Constable

Gwent Police
03.2018 - 06.2021
  • This job involved me attending emergency calls and investigating volume and sometimes complex crimes and incidents, gathering intelligence and keeping in regular contact with victim and witnesses
  • This job requires me to have a high level of decision making and communication skills
  • I would regularly attend crime incidents, gather evidence, support victims and witnesses and build case files for use in court

Customer service advisor

Lloyds Banking Group
05.2017 - 03.2018
  • My role primarily involved being the customer’s first point of contact when calling the bank with any queries
  • I am required to problem solve and deal with customers banking through telephony, investigate & report fraudulent activity when necessary
  • I have been trained to take calls for credit card and lost & stolen customers, as well as dealing with phone bank calls
  • Previously working for the bank in 2015, my role was to call customer to offer appointments in branch with an advisor, if they were eligible for lending or were in need of financial advise

Skills

  • MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
  • Advanced first aid
  • Suspect interviews
  • Victim and witness interviews
  • Emergency response driving
  • Dynamic risk assessments
  • Security planning
  • Critical-thinking
  • Incident investigation methods
  • Crime prevention
  • Surveillance systems knowledge
  • Route planning
  • Protective intelligence gathering

Languages

English
Arabic

Timeline

Close protection officer

Metropolitan Police
01.2024 - 01.2025

Police Constable - Emergency response team

Metropolitan Police
06.2021 - 01.2024

Police Constable

Gwent Police
03.2018 - 06.2021

Customer service advisor

Lloyds Banking Group
05.2017 - 03.2018

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