Darlene brings a wealth of experience to the field of law enforcement, with a career spanning four decades. Over the past 20 years, she has worked in a range of intelligence functions, covering both specialist and criminal areas. Her expertise extends across tactical, operational and strategic intelligence operations. She currently serves as a trainer for covert human intelligence programs, sharing her knowledge and practical skills with others in the field. Her role as a trainer demonstrates her commitment to developing the capabilities of her peers and ensuring high standards in intelligence practice. With a strong passion for ethics and human behaviour profiling, Darlene’s work centres on how these areas relate to criminal and human intelligence collection. Her focus on ethical practices highlights her dedication to integrity within specialist areas of policing and intelligence work. Darlene holds multiple tertiary qualifications, including Criminal Intelligence, Psychology, and Case Management. She also has a Masters in Leadership and Management. Currently, she is a PhD candidate, focusing her research on ethics and accountability within specialist areas of policing.
