Terry Wilkins

Articles by: Terry Wilkins

Seizing the moment: How police volunteers can connect to communities

3rd June 2016

Terry Wilkins, former PSV Programme Manager, College of Policing

OPINION: In the third in our series celebrating police volunteering, Terry Wilkins calls on police forces to take advantage of the huge range of skills that volunteers can bring, helping to connect police to communities.

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Terry Wilkins has been a volunteer with Thames Valley Police for nineteen years and has been a key figure in the development of their PVST and Citizens in Policing programme. In January 2006, he accepted (as a volunteer) the role of national Police Support Volunteer (PSV) Programme Manager and in November 2008 received an ACPO Presidential Commendation to recognise his contribution in “developing the concept of Police Support Volunteers nationally.” In the 2012 June Queen’s Birthday Honours, he received an OBE for his contribution to policing. He remains involved nationally as a volunteer with the College of Policing and a board member of Citizens in Policing Community of Practice (CiPCoP).