Hi, I am Brendan O’Brien Founder of Bluelight Consultancy and Academy
Following a 28-year career working for police forces within the UK and Bermuda, having worked in many roles including Response, CID, and Special Branch, I retired at the rank of inspector and founded Bluelight Consultancy and Academy.
Over a decade later, we have helped over 1000's of people to achieve their dream of becoming a Police Officer as well as 100's of Police Officers to achieve promotions to all ranks from Sergeant to Superintendent. Now it's your turn.
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Andrea Quinton
Career Success Coach
Andrea is a retired Superintendent with 34 years police service in the City of Greater Manchester. Andrea has very broad policing experience, including response, neighbourhood, training and plain clothes roles. More specifically Andrea has specialist policing skills, including firearms and critical incident command. Her last role was running the five force Northwest Armed Policing Collaboration. Andrea has demonstrated, throughout her career, the ability to provide a high quality of service to the public working alongside partners; the support and development of colleagues to achieve their personal and leadership potential through training, coaching and mentoring and a strong commitment to cultural change. With a passion for creating diverse and inclusive workplaces Andrea has been a strong advocate for colleagues particularly in the specialist areas of policing. Andrea's approach to her role as a police leader and now as a coach is summed up in the words of Spiderman, "With great power comes great responsibility."
Raj Kohli
Career Success Coach
Raj is a retired Chief Superintendent with 31 years police service. In a diverse career Raj has had frontline, detective, crime team, and staff officer roles. As a senior officer, he has led territorial commands and was the Commander of Camden and Islington and Hounslow Boroughs in London. In these senior command roles, Raj has developed and implemented a fearless approach to community engagement focusing on those issues of most concern to local people. Prior to the Borough command roles, Raj had the privilege of being part of the Metropolitan Police Change Management Programme and the development of its diversity strategy. In 2021 Raj transferred to Hampshire Constabulary where he was Head of Partnerships, Vulnerability, and Protection. As a senior officer, Raj developed significant experience of public order and public safety operations and was part of the team that delivered a safe London Olympics. In 2014 he won the British Indian Overseas award for Services to the Community and has been formally commended on several occasions.
Jane Butler
Career Success Coach
Jane is a retired Chief Inspector with 30 years police service. Jane spent most of her career in neighbourhood policing. This is where her policing "heart" lay. With promotion to more senior ranks Jane took on additional responsibilities while continuing to focus on what matters to communities. One of her proudest achievements is creating the Police Cadet scheme in Greater Manchester Police. At its peak the scheme had over 300 young people engaging in neighbourhood initiatives and gaining an insight into policing. In addition to demanding front line responsibilities Jane is a trained and experienced police tutor, coach and trainer. After retirement she also gained accreditation as a Menopause Support Coach, as she seeks to provide tailored support to all her clients.
Catherine Pritchard
Career Success Coach
Catherine is a retired Chief Inspector with 31 years police service. Catherine has had a broad range of policing experiences and served at senior rank for the last ten years. Highlights of Catherine's career include policing inner city Manchester with its multitude of challenges and secondments to both the College of Policing and to the then Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Policing as part of the inspection process. In addition, Catherine has a wealth of training, strategic and national policing experience and knowledge. Catherine is dedicated to bringing out the best in people and this was recognised when she was awarded a police national commendation for developing and motivating staff.
John Smith
Vetting Consultant
Our vetting consultant, John, brings unparalleled expertise to your police application process. As the former head of Professional Standards in one of the UK's largest police forces, John possesses deep insight into the vetting procedures and decision-making processes that determine candidate outcomes.
Debbie Jacyna
Career Success Advisor
Debbie is a retired Police Inspector with 30 years service in Hertfordshire Constabulary. Throughout her career as a detective, Debbie developed specialised expertise in managing registered sex offenders and high-risk offenders, as well as serving as an intelligence officer on murder investigation teams. In her final role, she spent four years as Inspector leading Police Officer, PCSO and Special Constabulary recruitment. Her outstanding work both in investigations and transforming recruitment processes earned her numerous commendations. Following her police service, Debbie took on a strategic role with the Metropolitan Police as an Outreach Recruitment Lead, where she worked closely with Black community leaders in North London to enhance diversity in recruitment. She later became a Progression Development Coach, supporting Met Police student officers through their academic and operational milestones on various entry pathways including PCDA and DHEP Detective programmes. Debbie is passionate about identifying and developing talented individuals from diverse backgrounds who can bring meaningful change to policing. She brings this enthusiasm to her current coaching role, along with her love for travel and diving, which often finds her working with clients from various locations across the country.
Sarah Tucker
Career Success Coach
Sarah is a Serving Police Officer with 17 years combined police service, including 12 years as a regular officer and 5 years as a Special Constable and Radio Operator with Thames Valley Police. Sarah has extensive operational experience across response, neighborhood policing and proactive teams. She has developed specialist skills in public order, public safety operations, and disaster victim identification, demonstrating versatility in both frontline and specialized roles. Throughout her career, Sarah has shown a strong commitment to officer welfare and crime development. She has taken on multiple support roles including peer supporter, maternity buddy, and domestic abuse champion. Her dedication to colleague wellbeing has earned her recognition for proactively monitoring and supporting team members' mental health. Sarah is passionate about developing others and brings this experience to her current work. Her involvement with the Female Police Association further demonstrates her commitment to creating supportive networks within policing.
Sarah Morton
Career Success Coach
Sarah is a retired Superintendent with 30 years police service in Greater Manchester Police. Sarah has extensive experience in neighbourhood policing, having worked in this field at every rank from PC to Superintendent. Her career has focused on partnership working, problem solving, and crime reduction. She has experience in operational planning for major events, including the 2002 Commonwealth Games and Manchester Caribbean Carnival. Sarah also served as a Tactical Firearms Commander and completed her service as Head of Criminal Justice and Custody. Sarah's contributions to policing have been widely recognized through numerous commendations for her work in crime reduction and community safety. She has successfully led several change projects, including digital forensics implementation and the development of a new neighbourhood policing model. She is a trained coach and mentor with extensive experience in assessment centers and leadership development.
David Moffat
Career Success Coach
David is a retired Senior Officer from Police Scotland having completed 30 years, prior to retirement he was Head of Professional Standards and Corruption. David spent the majority of his career investigating serious crime as a Detective and as a covert officer in the drug squad and surveillance teams. He held the post as Head of Specialists training for Scotland and represented Scotland Nationally and Internationally in developing policy and training for Surveillance Operations. David has spent the last few years in the commercial environment as a Consultant working for organisations such as Deloitte and Motorola on global Police projects. David is passionate about professional development and has supported hundreds of officers over many years to achieve career development goals and promotion opportunities.
Richard Fisher
Career Success Coach
Richard has 30 years experience in policing, with his final 10 years at the rank of Chief Supt in West Midlands Police. He has a wide background of policing having worked across both Local areas and as head of the Force Contact department where he led change programmes for New Technologies, the replacement Command and Control system and citizen satisfaction. Whilst Richard has worked across the range of policing roles he has specialised in Public Order/Public safety having commanded high profile football matches, protests, community events including the Olympic Torch relay, Papal visit and most recently as part of the command team for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Richard has spent 6 years as a local policing commander working closely in strategic partnerships across Safeguarding, Community Safety, Integrated Care, as well as Chairing the Prevent and Contest Boards. He brings all this experience to his coaching having supported officers and police staff through recruitment and promotion processes up to Superintendent for the last 25 years.
Darren Rawlings
Career Success Coach
Darren is a retired Detective Superintendent with 31 years police service. Darren has extensive investigative experience, achieving accreditation as both a PIP3 and PIP4 Senior Investigating Officer. Throughout his career, he has led complex investigations and developed innovative approaches to public protection, with particular emphasis on child centred policing strategies that have been adopted across multiple forces. His exceptional service has been formally recognized with five Chief Constable Commendations, and his international contributions were acknowledged with the EUPOL Silver Medal for his lifesaving work in Afghanistan. These accolades reflect Darren's commitment to excellence and his ability to deliver results in challenging operational environments. Beyond operational policing, Darren has demonstrated a strong commitment to developing future police leaders. He has served as a mentor, coach, and assessor for the Fast Track to Inspector Programme, helping to identify and nurture talent within the service. His dedication to professional development extends to academia, where he lectures at the University of Winchester, shaping the next generation of policing professionals. Darren's approach to his role as a police leader and now as a coach is summed up in his personal philosophy: "True leadership in policing means leaving the profession stronger than you found it."
Andrew Hall
Career Success Coach
Andrew is a recently retired Police Officer from Devon and Cornwall. He has over 23 years service. Andrew has very broad policing experience, including response, neighbourhood, and then moving to the training department, tutoring new officers within their probationary period. Andrew tutored over 30 student officers, taking them from training college to independent patrol. Andrew has demonstrated, throughout his career, the ability to provide a high quality of service to the public working alongside external agencies, the support and development of colleagues to achieve their personal and leadership potential through training, tutoring and recognising the potential in student officers to thrive within policing. He then moved to the quality assurance team to oversee the tutors work in line with the college of policing and the University of South Wales, ensuring compliance with the curriculum and Policing skills required. He is fully conversant with the PCDA, DHEP and PCER entry routes and lives in sunny Devon, with his wife Sarah and sprocker spaniel Boo.
Emily Ann Mae Chiu
Career Success Manager
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Career Success Guide
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