Profile
Derek Mann is an independent management consultant and retired senior police officer. During his police career, he was an authorised firearms officer, and a tactical firearms officer for 14 years (qualified in hostage rescue, VIP protection and the use of specialist munitions). He was a firearms instructor and head of training and operations at Surrey Police. He later became a Firearms senior commander and took responsibility for counter terrorist operations, the armed response to major security operations such as G6, European Heads of State conference and the Epsom Derby on multiple occasions.