PROGRAM TEAM

Program Team

Glenn Crannage - Program Director (Short-term)

Mr Crannage has extensive experience in the assessment of needs for police, justice and security agencies; technical appraisal of law and justice sector performance; design of projects to reform and build the capacity of law and justice agencies; and in the implementation and appraisal of justice sector institutional strengthening projects. His contemporary work in the fields of human security, good governance, police and justice needs assessment and capacity building has seen him used as a technical expert in over 25 countries around the world. He has extensive experience in the building and re-building of police and justice agencies, including those in post-conflict environments, and under both civil and common law systems.

Douglas H. McCaffery -Team Leader / Facility Manager (Long-term)

Doug. has extensive managerial, operational and command experience including 35 years service as a uniformed and plain clothes officer in all major regions and portfolios of the Western Australia Police Service which has a staff of 6000. On being promoted to Assistant Commissioner, he had executive command responsibility for the delivery of all major business change, technology and communications projects within the Western Australia Police Service.

Doug progressed to consulting and has extensive experience within Asia and the Pacific in the fields of forensic and executive development. His particular focuses are professional development and he has an ability to conceptualise and strategise across agencies and many of his initiatives have been introduced across regions.

Shaan Sutherland - Project Finance & Administration Officer (Long-term)

As the Finance and Administrative Officer, Shaan provides both operational and administrative support to the PRPI team.  She is responsible for the coordination of travel for all Pacific-based Workshops and Training; and in collaboration with the Team Leader and Program Manager, manages the Project's expenditure and financial control. Shaan has been with the project since June 2007 and holds a (BIntBus) Bachelor of International business with majors in International Economics and Marketing.

Robert (Bob) Shaw - Police Strategy Adviser (Long-term)

Bob has primary responsibility for Component 1: Strategic Policing, with an aim to strengthen the capacity of individual Police Executives, the SPCPC and its Working Groups to address strategic policing issues in the region.

Bob comes to the Project after a lengthy career in both policing and in capacity building/development. He brings to the program high level skills in planning and policy and in a number of other key administrative and operational policing areas. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Arts (Legal Studies), as well as Masters Degrees in Education and in International and Community Development.

Bob joined the Victoria Police in 1971 and served in a variety of roles including general duties, investigations, prosecutions, training, research and development, and internal investigations. He led the project team which established the Police/Schools Involvement Program in the Victoria Police which has been subsequently been assessed as one of the most successful proactive policing initiatives undertaken by the Force.

In 1996 Bob was seconded for 3 years to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Development Project and retired from the Victoria Police in 2000 with the rank of Chief Inspector.

In 2000, Bob returned to Papua New Guinea with the AusAID funded Police Project where he was involved in the development of local officers involved in internal investigations and administration of the discipline system. In 2001 he was appointed as Corporate Planning Adviser, where he was responsible for working with Papua New Guinean staff in the development and administration of planning within the Constabulary. In late 2003 he was promoted to Deputy Team Leader until mid 2004 when he left PNG and took up an appointment with the Pacific Regional Policing Initiative, firstly based in Kiribati and then in Suva Fiji with the responsibility for managing 'strategic issues'.

Dr Nigel Hogan - Leadership and Executive Development Adviser (Long-term)

Dr Nigel Hogan commenced as the Leadership and Executive Development Adviser in July 2005. Nigel is responsible for Component 2; with the major aim to enhance police leadership throughout the region by preparing future police leaders for supervisory, management and senior executive roles and enhancing the capacity of existing leaders . Nigel is a former Queensland Police Officer who for the last twelve years has been working on Law and Justice Institutional Strengthening Projects across a number of countries including, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Cambodia. He is married and has two children. 

Elsie Tompkins – Human Resource Management Adviser (Long-term)

As the Human Resources Management Adviser, Elsie provides strategic and operational human resource management and development expertise in the development and implementation of HR reform programs. She possesses Bachelor, Post Graduate and Master Degrees in Psychology and Marketing, Organisational Psychology and Business Management. Elsie has a diverse range of skills and experience in corporate psychology working in both public and private agencies overseas and in Australia in areas ranging disability, health, justice, education, policing and information technology. Her work in HR capacity building within Pacific Island countries is supported by expertise in training and human capital management/development, project management, policy/program development, implementation and evaluation, as well as, a strong background in managing both small and large scale cultural, organisational and system change programs.    

Jim Thompson - Training Capacity Adviser (Long-term)

The current training capacity adviser is Jim Thompson and he has been with the PRPI since it commenced in January 2004. Jim's Policing career began in Australia with the New South Wales Police in 1980 where he gained experience as a uniformed officer in both a rural and metropolitan environment. He worked for a period as an investigator before establishing a career specialisation in the area of police training. As both a field trainer, and a Police Academy Instructor, Jim has worked in training police recruits, veteran operational personnel, supervisors and police commanders and managers.

In 1996 he joined the AusAID funded RPNGC Development Project in Papua New Guinea and worked for eight years as both a regional and college based trainer through various phases of the project. In 1998, Jim worked in Bougainville training auxiliary police as the representative Australian Police Officer nominated in the Lincoln Peace Agreement prior to the signing of the peace treaty between the government of PNG and the BRA. Between 2000 and 2004 he was the national training co-ordinator for the RPNGC at Bomana College and was responsible for supporting and co-ordinating decentralised and college based training. In 2003 he undertook a study tour with the Shanghai Bureau of Justice to examine the community justice employed in a major Chinese city.

Since joining the PRPI, Jim has worked closely with the Police Technical Skills Adviser in establishing the Regional Training Team model and contributed to the writing of the Refresher Training Workbooks. He has also established a Train the Trainer program through distance education for Pacific Police trainers using a regional tertiary education provider, the Divine Word University in Madang, PNG. Police trainers are able to study and qualify for a Certificate and Diploma in Workplace Training & Development. The development of a Regional Police Recruit Training course is currently a major focus of the PRPI in building the training capacity Pacific Police organisations.

Bryn Jones - Forensic Skills Adviser(Long-term)

Prior to joining the PRPI in 2006 Bryn served with the Western Australia Police (WAPOL) for over 23 years and was commissioned to the rank of Inspector. Over 21 of those years were served in various sections of the Forensic Division including Fingerprints, Crime Scene Unit, Ballistics, Forensic Training and Development Unit and Forensic Divisional Office. He achieved accreditation as a Fingerprint Expert and Bloodstain Pattern Analyst and over the years performed forensic crime scene examination roles at numerous serious incidents. He was the Western Australian Forensic Contingent Team Leader following the 2002 Bali Bombings and was also appointed as International Disaster Victim Identification Site Commander in Thailand following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. As WAPOL's Forensic Training Director, Bryn is also credited with implementing tertiary level forensic training programs to the agency by establishing partnerships with the Canberra Institute of Technology, Curtin University of Technology and the University of Western Australia . For 7 years he was a panel assessor on the Australian Forensic Field Sciences Accreditation Board, he was a Technical Assessor for the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) forensic program and between 2003 and 2006 he was Chairman of the National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS) Crime Scene Proficiency Advisory Committee (CSPAC).

During his police career Bryn was awarded the WA Police Service Medal (20 years), National Police Medal for 20 years diligent and ethical service and the Humanitarian Service Medal (Indian Ocean Clasp).

Bryn is currently completing his Master of Forensic Science and holds a Graduate Diploma in Forensic Science, Advance Diploma of Business Management, Diploma of Forensic Investigation (Fingerprints), Diploma of Forensic Investigation (Crime Scene), Diploma of Public Safety (Forensic Investigation), Diploma of Policing and Diploma of Training and Assessment Systems.

Additional short-term adviser positions include:

Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser
Short Term Sexual Assualt Health Specialist

Ad hoc Short Term Advisers