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Inspector Sukesh Verma
Project Manager - East Midlands
Operational Support Services
What is your role?
I am currently an Inspector for East
Midlands Operational Support
Services (EMOpSS) based in with the
senior leadership team, specifically
focusing on the project management
of the regional collaboration between
Nottinghamshire,
Leicestershire,
Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
I will however be moving back to
Nottinghamshire in 2017, and into
the Force Control Room.
When did you join
Nottinghamshire Police?
I joined in 2002 after spending three
years at Loughborough University
studying politics and a further year
out working for Adidas in India and
South Africa.
Why did you join
Nottinghamshire Police?
I have always been interested in a
career within the police. I always liked
the idea of having variety in my job
and the police certainly offers that!
I have close family members who
served for Nottinghamshire Police,
and I grew up in a local police house,
so you could say it was in my blood.
I initially submitted an application to
the Metropolitan Police service, and
was accepted but I was tired of being
away from family and friends.
I transferred my application to
Nottinghamshire, and within a
month I was starting.
Have you had to face any
challenging or new experiences?
My whole career has been a
challenge. I started at Carlton,
which ironically was my father’s first
posting, so many of the officers and
staff I worked with kept calling me
the wrong name to start with! The
culture was different, even back
then. Overt discrimination was still
prevalent, and I always felt that I had
to prove myself, perhaps more than
my counterparts.
The Dynamic Intervention Firearms
Course (Hostage Rescue) was possibly
the toughest- and longest- seven
weeks of my career, and a challenge
I look back fondly upon, albeit only
after completing, of course!
What’s been your proudest
moment?
Without a doubt, becoming a father!
Work-wise – I was proud to pass my
firearms course and join the Force’s
Operational Support Division (OSD)
as an Armed Response Vehicle (ARV)
officer in 2006.
Being promoted to sergeant and
leading a dedicated, motivated and
close-knit shift and achieving a score
in the top percentile nationally, in
both the sergeants and inspectors
Objective
Structured
Performance
Related
Examination
(OSPRE)
exams was a great source
of pride for me.
7
Divisional Support Unit (DSU).
I joined OSD as a firearms officer in
2006 and was promoted to sergeant
in the same role. This was a great
role as an operational firearms
commander and team leader
alongside my role as a specialist
firearms officer.
I moved into the inspectors post in
2016, which is a very different role,
with responsibility for the EMOpSS
collaboration and a wide variety of
senior project management.
I still have an active interest in
projects I helped launch including
Transformation through Education,
Tap the Gap and the independent
advisory groups within Nottingham.
What’s the best part of your role?
Trying to make a difference.
What would you say to anyone
looking to follow in your
footsteps?
Make a plan, have an idea of where
you want to get to and prepare for
the unexpected! It won’t be easy but
it will be worth it.
Would you be
PROUD to serve?
What does a typical
day at work look like
for you?
Early starts, late finishes
and lots of traffic on
the M1 travelling to
Leicestershire HQ – with a
few meetings and plenty
of thinking in between.
During your time at
Nottinghamshire Police,
which different roles/
teams/projects have
you been involved in?
I worked on response
until 2005 when I joined
the then-South Notts
Nottinghamshire Police will be recruiting
Constables in January 2017
We want to recruit talented people with a wide range of skills and
experiences, who are representative of the communities we serve.
If you are committed to making a difference, we fully encourage you
to consider joining our organisation.
For more information about the support we can offer,
please contact
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or visit www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/recruitment