GERRY O’CONNELL ASSOCIATES LTD UK (GOCA)
Minister of the Interior (UAE)
His Highness Sheik Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Receiving the Queen’s Police
Medal (QPM) from Queen
Elizabeth II
President of Ossim, First Recognised
Security & Intelligence Education
and Training Institute in Asia.
 
 
Security Background:
 
GERALD O’CONNELL, QPM  IS THE FOUNDER OF GOCA
   
Gerald O’Connell, QPM, is a distinguished International Expert in Policing, Private Security and Criminology.
He has worked all over the world with many different Governments and Law-Enforcement Agencies.
He worked in 3 major UK Police Forces – in all functions and ranks/roles- and finished his career as a Chief Officer of Police in one of the UK’s largest Police Forces, The Lancashire Constabulary, which under his leadership progressed to become the UK’s best Police Force  (according to government appraisals (2002/3).
He had worked for 22years in Merseyside Police (UK) and for five years with Sussex Police (UK).
During his time as a Chief Officer of Police he became renowned as a leader of change and reform of police organizations, and visited many parts of the world to study and research policing and security developments, such as Washington DC, Fairfax County, San Diego (USA), Rotterdam, Victoria Police (Melbourne), Jamaica and Mauritius.
In the UK he was a co-opted member of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Terrorism Committee.
He was the author of the ACPO Crime Prevention Strategy that was introduced nationally in the UK with the Governments Crime and Disorder Act, 1997.
In 1997 he was awarded the Queens Police Medal (QPM) for “distinguished services to British Policing” by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Palace.  This is the highest police honour in the UK.

 
Academic Background:
GERALD O’CONNELL, QPM,
BA(HONS), MBM, MSt (Cambridge):
 

Gerald O’Connell has a distinguished educational background and was educated at some of the top universities in the world.  He has the following qualifications:
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BA(Hons) Modern History and Politics – Liverpool University (1977-80).
Masters in Business Management (MBM) – Manchester Business School (1992-4).
Masters in Criminology and Policing (MSt) – Cambridge University (UK), (1998-2002).