Joshua King

• Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing team of approximately 60 officers within a demanding 24/7 operational environment, driving accountability, performance, wellbeing, and operational excellence.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple concurrent incidents, making risk-based decisions that protect people, assets, and organisational reputation while maintaining service continuity.
• Manage complex and high-risk incidents, coordinating cross-functional responseswith emergency services, local authorities, partner agencies, and seniorstakeholders to minimise operational disruption and achieve effective outcomes.
• Lead complex investigations into criminal activity and critical incidents, reviewing CCTV evidence, gathering and evaluating intelligence, interviewing witnesses, identifying suspects, and ensuring high-quality case progression through toprosecution.
• Proactively identify emerging crime trends, operational risks, and performance issues through intelligence, incident analysis, and operational insight, implementing preventative strategies that strengthen operational resilience and reduce organisational risk.
• Deliver daily operational briefings, clearly communicating strategic priorities, emerging threats, risk mitigation measures, and performance expectations to ensureconsistent operational delivery and team alignment.
• Provide trusted operational advice and dynamic risk assessments to Gold, Silver and Bronze Commanders, enabling informed strategic decision-making during critical incidents and major operations.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders, emergency services, local authorities, partner organisations and community representatives to strengthen collaboration, improve operational outcomes and support shared strategic objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement through performance management, coaching andleadership, contributing to the highest-performing emergency response team within the Local Business Area for Immediate and Significant response performance.
• Monitor operational performance against key performance indicators (KPIs), using performance data and operational insight to identify opportunities for improvement and enhance service delivery.
• Allocate resources dynamically across multiple operational priorities, ensuring effective staffing levels, operational resilience, and business continuity within a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
• Ensure compliance with organisational policies, governance standards, mandatory training requirements, and operational procedures, maintaining a highly capable and deployable workforce.
• Produce comprehensive investigation files, intelligence reports, evidential documentation and court case files, maintaining exceptional attention to detail and the highest standards of confidentiality.
• Regularly engage with high-profile individuals, politically sensitive environments, and secure locations, demonstrating professionalism, discretion, sound judgement, andeffective relationship management.
• Utilise Microsoft Office applications to analyse operational data, prepare reports, monitor performance trends and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Hold Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP1) accreditation with extensive experience managing investigations, evidence, and case progression.
• Hold vetting clearance and routinely manage confidential and sensitive information in accordance with the Official Secrets Act and organisational governance requirements.
• Led the highest-performing emergency response team within the Local Business Area for Immediate and Significant response performance through effective leadership, coaching, and performance management.
• Successfully coordinated multi-agency responses to critical incidents involving significant operational, reputational, and public safety risks.
• Developed trusted relationships with senior leaders and external stakeholders, providing operational expertise to support strategic decision-making during complexand high-profile incidents.
• Built a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, enabling teams to consistently deliver high standards of operational performance within a demanding environment.

Public Order Commander – Metropolitan Police Service

• Commanded and coordinated the deployment of specialist officers during major public events, including large-scale cultural and sporting occasions, ensuring effective security operations, risk management, and public safety outcomes.
• Assessed emerging threats, operational risks, and resource requirements to supportproportionate responses during complex and fast-moving incidents.
• Directed teams operating in challenging environments, maintaining clear communication, strategic alignment, and effective decision-making under pressure.
• Collaborated with internal command teams, external partners, and eventstakeholders to maintain operational resilience and minimise disruption.

Violent Crime Task Force Officer – Metropolitan Police Service

• Conducted proactive intelligence-led operations targeting serious and organisedcriminal activity, identifying emerging risks and implementing preventativeinterventions to reduce harm.
• Utilised intelligence analysis, surveillance techniques, and investigative approachesto identify offenders, disrupt criminal networks, and support enforcement activity.
• Developed strong experience in threat assessment, evidence gathering, covert operational planning, and risk-based decision-making.
• Worked collaboratively with specialist teams and partner agencies to deliver targeted crime reduction strategies.

Acting Inspector Responsibilities – Metropolitan Police Service

• Assumed Inspector-level responsibilities when required, providing senior operationalleadership, decision-making, and oversight in the absence of the immediate line manager.
• Managed competing operational priorities, allocated resources, and provided direction to teams during dynamic and high-pressure situations.
• Demonstrated the ability to operate at increased levels of responsibility, influencingteams and stakeholders to achieve operational objectives.

• Metropolitan Police Federation elected Sergeant Representative trained in Misconduct matters and regularly in contact with legal representatives, Professional Standards Directorate, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and Senior Officers. Sound working knowledge of Police Regulations, associated Statutory Instruments and Home Office Guidance pertinent to policing.