Senior Protection Officer for the British Royal Family

Senior Protection Officer for the British Royal Family

As a senior Protection Officer Richard coordinated protection operations at major State and International Events; highlights include the Weddings of Prince Charles & Camilla 2005, Prince William & Katherine 2011; the 200 Year Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005, the Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations in 2002 and 2012.

In 2012 Richard commanded the VIP protection operation in Central London for the London Olympic and
Paralympic Games. Richard has always been committed to sport, training and youth projects. He has taken
several years out of his police career to work as Team Leader for ‘Drive for Youth’ an ex offender, drug rehabilitation back to work programme and Raleigh International a UK ‘Gap Year’ Charity joining expeditions in Zimbabwe, Chile and Belize. In 1991 Richard won the British Sub Aqua Club’s ‘Wilkinson Sword’ for achievements as an Advanced Diving Instructor; in 1995 the BBC produced a documentary highlighting Richard’s role in the rescue of 3 men, one a US citizen, of the coast of Belize; and in 2001 Richard became
a Royal Yachting Association Yacht Master Offshore Instructor. In 2012 Richard retired from the Metropolitan Police immediately after the London Olympic’s Closing Ceremony to be with his wife Margaret who was born and raised in Minnesota, he now spends his time between the UK and Minneapolis. Queen Elizabeth II made Richard a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2013 British New Year’s Honours Awards for his loyal service to the UK and the Royal Family. 

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