Cllr Paul Mabbutt (Police Liaison Representative)

Cllr Mabbutt provides regular updates on the Police Liaison Representative page – https://boughtonparishcouncil.co.uk/police-liaison-representative

I grew up in Brixworth, where as a boy, I did a morning paper round and later attended Moulton Secondary School before going on to Northampton Technical College to study Engineering. My first career was as a graduate apprentice for Lucas Electrical in the West Midlands. Since then, I progressed into the field of manufacturing automation and eventually became UK General Manager for various multi-national companies. Following this, I took a totally new change of career direction and trained as a professional arborist, sort of following in the footsteps of my family, who once had a sawmilling business in Brixworth. This eventually led to me setting up and running Boughton Trees, which some of you may remember. I have completed tree work at various locations in the village, including Boughton Pocket Park, where I was also a member of the committee. In addition, I became a Special Constable for Northamptonshire Police and attended local community meetings in Moulton with the Police Community Support Officer. I then went on to join Thames Valley Police as a full-time frontline emergency response officer, where I also gained extensive policing experience by operating in various parts of the UK. Upon retiring from the Police, I joined De Montfort University, where I am now a Senior Lecturer. I deliver inputs on professional policing practice for undergraduate policing and criminal investigation degree courses. I also liaise regularly with local police forces and am the Liaison to the College of Policing.

I’ve lived in the village for the last 25 years so far and have witnessed many changes and developments. The strengths I bring to the council of Boughton Parish are my knowledge of trees, especially their protection and conservation in our parish, and also my knowledge of Policing, legislation, criminal offences, crime prevention, and detection.