Bedfordshire Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Sebire has been appointed to the board of directors of the Sport and Recreation Alliance, the umbrella body which lobbies government to keep the nation active at grassroots level.  

ACC Sebire has more than 25 years' of policing experience and holds the national portfolio for serious youth violence for the National Police Chiefs Council. The directorship of the alliance is an unpaid voluntary position.

She said: “Using the power of sport to connect with young people, through grassroots initiatives, is absolutely vital to the work that I’m doing to tackle serious youth violence and exploitation.

“We have already done lots of work with young people involved with the alliance, and I look forward to continuing to work with them on exciting projects going forward.”

ACC Sebire joined Bedfordshire Police in February as a detective chief superintendent and has since been appointed Assistant Chief Constable, where she works to tackle serious youth violence and exploitation.

Prior to joining Bedfordshire, Jackie served with the MPS in the London Boroughs of Newham and Hackney and was the Temporary Borough Commander for Waltham Forest. She has worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the ‘Spy in the bag’ case and the conviction of Britain’s youngest hit man.

Jackie has a PhD in Forensic Psychology and in January 2016 was appointed a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge. She has published several articles in relation to domestic abuse and risk management.