Una Jennings

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The @WeCops Debate: Recognition, support and the role of response policing

31st March 2021

Detective Chief Superintendent Una Jennings, South Yorkshire Police

FEATURE: Just over a quarter of all UK police officers are response officers, but do those in this front-line role get the recognition, reassurance and support they need for taking on one of policing’s toughest challenges on a daily basis? Detective Chief Superintendent Una Jennings of South Yorkshire Police highlights the key themes and comments from the recent @WeCops Twitter chat on response policing.

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Una Jennings
Detective Chief Superintendent

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Detective Chief Superintendent Una Jennings has been a serving police officer for 19 years, starting her career in the Police Service of Northern Ireland and currently serving in South Yorkshire. She has been a detective for 16 of those 19 years, working across child abuse, serious crime and intelligence functions at each rank from Detective Constable to Detective Superintendent. She is one of two PIP 4 qualified senior investigating officers in South Yorkshire Police, a role held by a small cadre of officers nationally, for use in serial, serious and complex homicides. She is also a PIP 3 qualified homicide/ kidnap senior investigating officer, a qualified tactical firearms commander and authorising officer under RIPA 2000 for CHIS and technical deployments. Detective Chief Superintendent Jennings currently serves as Head of Crime for South Yorkshire Police. She has a strong academic background and interest in evidence-based policy and practice. She has a 2.1 (Hons) degree in Law, QUB Belfast, a Masters in Human Rights Law and a Masters in Criminology from Cambridge University.