Staff profile

Katherine Hewitt


Lecturer in Policing Programme Leader BA (Hons) Policing and Investigations

Katherine smiling and talking

Subject

Policing

College

College of Business, Law and Social Sciences

ORCiD ID

0009-0000-9656-3868

Campus

One Friar Gate Square, Derby Campus

Email

k.hewitt@derby.ac.uk

About

I am a Lecturer in Policing, within the College of Business, Law and Social Science at the University of Derby. I am currently the Programme Leader of the BA (Hons) Policing and Investigations. I also teach on our College of Policing accredited BA (Hons) Professional Policing degree course.

Teaching responsibilities

I am responsible for teaching the following modules:

4CJ548 - Introduction to Policing

5CJ557 - Introduction to Investigative Interviewing

6CJ509 - Reflective Work Experience

6CJ548 - Advanced Investigative Interviewing

Professional interests

Research interests

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA)

Qualifications

Experience in industry

I studied for a BSc (Hons) at the University of Central Lancashire between 2005 and 2008. In 2008 I joined Derbyshire Constabulary and was a police officer for over eleven years. 

I spent three years as a uniform response officer working in Chesterfield. Then I spent two years as a Safer Neighbourhood Team officer. I subsequently qualified as a Detective Constable in 2014 and spent six years working within Chesterfield CID. This involved leading the investigation for a large number of serious and complex crimes.

I have been the Officer In the Case for a large number of trials at Crown Court, many of which have resulted in successful convictions. I am trained in the use of the Violent and Sex Offender Register.

I qualified as a Tier 3 suspect interviewer in 2018.

International experience

In 2007 I spent four months studying at the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague.