Sally served as a police officer with West Midlands Police for 30 years and retired in August 2020. Throughout her service she worked in operational policing roles at all ranks in a range of areas across the region including Dudley and Wolverhampton. She has a wide knowledge and experience of neighbourhood policing, community engagement, partnership working, crime reduction, serious crime investigation, and covert policing. As a senior leader, she played a significant role in the development and delivery of a Blueprint for the future of policing in the West Midlands (known as WMP2020) in partnership with Accenture. Sally is an advocate for digital transformation and led WMP2020 work on transforming the relationship with citizens through new digital channels. She spent the final chapter of her policing career as the Dudley Neighbourhood Policing Unit Commander working closely with partners including with the Black Country Living Museum. Sally has a passion for heritage. She was chair of the West Midlands Police Museum and played an active role in ongoing work to develop a heritage centre at the Lock Up at Steelhouse Lane in Birmingham. She also volunteers for Moor Pool Heritage Trust in Birmingham.
Sally is an accredited assessor with the College of Policing for Fast Track and Direct Entry schemes reflecting her commitment to people development. Sally continues to give back to policing and our communities through her involvement with a not for profit organisation, Practice To Progress. She is currently involved in work to support women and people from minority ethic communities who want to join policing.