Meet The Brooks Jordan Team!
Experience
Here at Brooks Jordan we are fortunate to be able to provide trainers with real up to the minute expertise who draw on their background and work experience when delivering training. Be they Police Officers, NHS professionals or Local Authority personnel, each of our team maintains their expertise and knowledge by continuing to actively serve in their appropriate fields.
In this way you will never be taught out of date material or by people who are talking from a theoretical position – all of our personal safety trainers have first hand experience of dealing with violence and aggression and are also aware how difficult it can sometimes be to maintain a professional approach while confronting violent or aggressive people. We can therefore guarantee that your course will be current, evidence based, based on the latest research available and provided by experts. We also promise to match your needs with our expertise.
Qualifications
In the field of personal safety and conflict resolution there are only a few nationally recognised qualifications.
All of our personal safety trainers are qualified to provide personal safety training either via the National Coaching Foundation, which requires annual re-qualification to maintain accreditation, or with the NHS Counter Fraud & Security Management Service (CFSMS) to provide the NHS National Syllabus.
Additionally we would also mention that Brooks Jordan is currently working towards accreditation of their physical interventions programmes with the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD).
Jon Brooks
With 18 years Police Service, 5 years of which were spent on a specialist unit dealing specifically with managing violence, Jon is no stranger to dealing with violence and aggression. Jon has trained as a firearms officer and was for a time deployed by his force as a body guard with responsibility for ensuring the safety and security of a senior politician.
Chris Jordan
Chris has extensive experience in Local Authority law enforcement having worked for a number of years in of a team of specialist officers dealing with issues of consumer fraud in a Trading Standards Special Investigations Unit. Chris currently divides his time between training, local authority enforcement and providing consultancy services in the field of Trading Standards.
With his calm and reflective manner, Chris is an ideal person to present training on managing violence and aggression.
Colin Martin
Colin Martin is a serving Police Officer with over 20 years enforcement and training experience. In addition to his Police experience Colin has experience of providing training to outside bodies such as Trading Standards, OFSTEAD, the Fire Service and many others.Peter Barratt
Peter Barratt is a serving police officer with 40 years of Police service, which has latterly included several years’ involvement in Covert Operations, Human Rights and Data Protection Legislation and issues of disclosure of information within the Court system. Peter has extensive experience of dealing with disclosure including sensitive disclosures such as disclosure relating to Registered Sex Offenders living within the Community.
Peter has worked with many Agencies including Trading Standards, Customs & Excise, Social Services, H. M. Prison Service and the Inland Revenue. He is one of the national trainers for Hackney and Private Hire taxi licensing and Enforcement Officers, and has responsibility for the training of both new and Senior Police Officers in the Surveillance arena.
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Julie Miller (BA Hons DTS)
Julie has been with the company since its inception providing background support and a woman’s perspective on some of the issues facing women in today’s society.
A Trading Standards Officer in her full time role, Julie is no stranger to violence and aggression having worked alongside Chris Jordan in Special Investigations work. Also trained by the NHS Counter Fraud & Security Management Service (CFSMS) to deliver the NHS National Syllabus on Conflict Resolution, Julie is often in demand to provide training to women’s groups.
Chris Heath (MSc. DipCOT DipCRI SROT)
Trained initially as an Occupational Health Therapist, Chris Heath is a highly respected member of the Brooks Jordan team and our lead trainer on physical interventions training.Chris, who is currently employed by the NHS, has an active and distinguished career both in the NHS and previously in academia. Having spent two years researching the causes of violence & aggression and lecturing in anger management at Liverpool University, Chris brings expertise and academic rigour to the team.
Chris has first hand experience of working in a high dependency secure psychiatric units and has also been called upon as an expert witness / advisor in legal proceedings dealing with physical interventions.
Matthew Clempner
With extensive experience in management of violence and aggression, Matt brings a wide and diverse range of skills and expertise to the team. Respected globally as an expert in martial arts and personal safety, Matt is one of the country’s foremost experts on all matters pertaining to self defence and reasonable force. With his expertise Matt is regularly called upon by the courts to provide legal opinions and evidence in matters relating to reasonable use of force.
As a National Personal Safety Trainer for several major organisations and Home Office Certificated Trainer / Home Office Qualified Trainer of Trainers, NLP Master Practitioner Accepted Professional Witness on matters relating to Personal Safety and the use of force etc. Matt complements the skills of the Brooks Jordan team to provide a suite of skills unrivalled within the field of conflict resolution / personal safety training.
Ian Cresswell (BSc Hons.)
As a serving police officer (mainly in uniform) for over 15 years Ian has spent a number of years specialising in officer safety training, unarmed defensive tactics and communication skills.
Ian is a National Tactical Public Order trainer and a Home Office approved police trainer with seven years experience of providing personal safety training on behalf of Brooks Jordan.