Assistant Chief Constable (People)
Before joining the police service Wendy achieved a degree in Bachelor of Education. However, after completing her teacher training in Liverpool, she decided to join the police service.
Wendy joined the police in 1981 starting her policing career in Blackpool on foot patrol. She then moved around the county spending time in the Preston area on section patrol before going to Blackburn where she worked in CID.
In 1993 Wendy moved north to Lancaster, again working in CID before spending two years working in the field of personnel, an area which she excelled in. 1997 saw Wendy move on again, back to Blackburn as a divisional Chief Inspector before becoming a Superintendent and promoted to Operations Manager for Eastern Division. During her service Wendy has trained as a hostage negotiator.
Wendy then moved to Headquarters as Head of Partnerships and Community Safety not long after the publication of the McPherson Report when the spotlight was on the police service scrutinising its dealings with the community.
After a spell as constabulary's HR and Training Co-ordinator, Wendy moved to Northern Division as Commander where she led the division during and after the deaths of 23 Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay. It is testimony to Wendy that she steered the division through this period of time.
In 2005 Wendy went on secondment to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Wakefield before joining the Chief Officer team in an acting role as head of Criminal Standards and Justice. In December 2007, Wendy was appointed as Assistant Chief Constable and for 12 months Wendy led Terrotorial Divisions and Criminal Justice before taking up her current role as head of the "People" portfolio.
She leads nationally on probationer police officer training and development (Initial police learning and development programme).
During her policing service Wendy has attained a Master of Arts in Organisational Management at Manchester University and she lives in Lancashire with her partner and their two dogs.