Louis Martin

I joined the Derbyshire Constabulary in 1984 as a police cadet stationed in the Derby City Centre. In 1989 I was appointed detective constable. During my time in the police I spent time as the Head of the Roads Policing Unit for the southern half of Derbyshire and at the end of my career in the police I was the Detective Inspector in the Derby City centre. My areas of expertise were in homicide investigation, suspicious deaths, training detectives and Criminal Justice. In 2006 I successfully completed a Senior Investigative Officers course which enabled me to lead and manage homicide investigation.

In 2011 I completed a BSc (Hons) in Social Science at the Open University, I started working in the Law School in October 2012 teaching Environmental Criminology and from February 2013 teach full time on Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. In 2015 I achieved the position of senior lecturer.

In 2015 I completed a MA in Education (Distinction) and became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2016 I completed the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education’s (LFHE) Diversifying Academic Leadership programme. In 2017 I received a Teaching Excellence Fellowship promoting the use of academic English to enhance employability. In 2018 I started course leadership of the BA(Hons) Criminal Justice and Offender Management. This award is aimed at developing people who seek employment in the criminal justice sector