Ruth McGrath

Ruth served as a police officer with Cleveland Police for much of her working career. During this time she experienced a range of operational roles, including uniformed policing in Stockton, Middlesbrough and South Bank, and was a Roads Policing Officer, and Custody Officer.

As a detective she was engaged in a number of major crime investigations, including murder and serious sexual offences, and whilst working as a Special Branch officer, completed a 6-month secondment to a national unit based at New Scotland Yard.

During her service she was also a police trainer with responsibilities for probationer training, management training, trainer development and was an A1 NVQ Assessor.

On retirement she joined Teesside University’s Law Policing and Investigation Team and has taught and managed a number of police programmes, including the Police Foundation Degree, Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA), Dimploma in Professional Policing Practice (DHEP), PCSOs, and ICIDP with Cleveland Police; the Firearms Instructors Course with the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency, and the Ports Facility Security Course with PD Ports. She has worked with other partner organisations including ISA, NECC and HM Prisons teaching initial teaching skills. She teaches on the BSc Crime and Investigation course, and is course leader of the BSc Professional Policing course.

She has had a number of journal articles published in national and international publications and has contributed chapters to policing and exergency services textbooks.  More recently she has co-edited a policing textbook.