Simon’s role as an operational police Tactical Firearms Commander requires command of a firearms officers to deal with a wide range of the most serious incidents. As part of his role, he has planned and commanded operations including large scale ceremonial events as well as counter terrorist operations. This involved working as a “ground assigned” commander alongside Counter Terrorist firearms officers, tracking and arresting some of the most dangerous offenders in the country.

Simon has extensive experience of police response work, commanding the initial response to serious incidents up to and including rape and murder, as well as the more commonplace aspects of police work, such as volume crime, missing persons, people in mental health crisis, and safeguarding vulnerable people. As a trained response driver, Simon has been involved in police pursuits and in his role as a control room supervisor, has commanded these pursuits, assessing risk, and organising resources.

Simon served as a police trained search officer, involved in various police search operations for serious crimes up to and including murder.