One of Merseyside’s most senior police officers has shared what it's really like to work in the fight against gun crime and child sexual exploitation.
Deputy Chief Constable Ian Critchley has worked on some of the most high profile murder investigations and child abuse cases across the North West during his 31 year career as a police officer. The dad-of-three was 22 years old when he first started working as a police constable at Accrington Police Station in 1992.
He worked his way through the ranks at Lancashire Police, where he was Head of Public Protection for four years, before joining Merseyside Police as Assistant Chief Constable in 2016. DCC Critchley spoke to the ECHO ahead of his retirement from Merseyside Police on March 31 about some of the biggest challenges he's faced during his time in the job.
