"My second-year project output is also being submitted for publishing in a European journal currently, which is exciting. I was surprised by the academic rigour involved in the apprenticeship. It was great having the opportunity to learn again. Towards the end of my second year, I had the opportunity to work on a project with colleagues from the national police management centre to prototype and develop a process for aggregating a specific dataset for centralised security monitoring. The national team was looking for a force to collaborate with; it was something Cumbria Police was interested in doing anyway, so we decided it would be good for me to do.
"The project got approved to be rolled out across all UK police forces. Even better than that, it helped me to secure my new role, as I had experience working with the team. It’s likely I’ll be working on the roll-out of this and similar projects in future."