Matt is the Area Superintendent for North Cumbria and he has 19 years policing experience across varied roles within uniformed policing. He also currently has responsibility for Cumbria's Command and Control Room. He is a Strategic Firearms Commander, Gold Public Order Commander and a Counter Terrorism Security Coordinator. He has portfolio responsibility across varied policing areas for Cumbria, including Prevent, Football Policing, Mountain Rescue and Drones. He is SRO for a number of local digital policing projects including body worn video, Control Room Futures and Office 365. He works closely with ICT in many digital policing projects.