Dr Jacqueline Sebire
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About
Dr Jacqueline Sebire is a former UK police chief officer with over 30 years’ operational and strategic experience spanning major crime, homicide investigation, serious violence reduction, public protection, specialist operations, and organisational transformation. She served as Assistant Chief Constable within the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire strategic alliance, where she oversaw major and specialist crime, firearms units, forensics, youth violence reduction, and multi-agency governance. Earlier in her career she held senior detective roles in the Metropolitan Police, including leadership of homicide, serious crime, corruption, specialist child protection, and gangs and guns teams.
Jacqueline holds an MA from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Leicester. Her academic work bridges research and operational practice, with a particular focus on evidence-based policing, organisational culture, crisis leadership, domestic abuse, and violence reduction strategy. She has played a leading role in implementing national governance models, and delivering systems-level public-sector reform in both UK and international policing contexts.
Jacqueline is currently a Senior Instructor in Leadership at Rabdan academy Abu Dhabi UAE. She has worked on the MSt in Applied Criminology and Police Management programme since 2016.
Research
Jacqueline’s research focuses on policing leadership, organisational culture, and evidence-based approaches to reducing harm. Her recent work includes the development and evaluation of domestic abuse risk assessment tools, empirical studies on public perceptions of safety in the Gulf, and research on talent management and organisational performance within police agencies. She also examines how leadership behaviours, procedural justice, and decision-making frameworks shape legitimacy and operational effectiveness. Across all her work, Jacqueline integrates academic research with practitioner insight to design interventions that can be tested, applied, and scaled within real policing environments