Brian Hook

Former detective for the Metropolitan Police

Brian Hook was a detective for 30 years in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at New Scotland Yard before embarking on my current academic adventure. He served on the Anti-Terrorist Branch, Racial & Violent Crime Directorate, Central Area Major Investigation Team, and the Specialist Crime Directorate Homicide Command where he was involved in the investigation and assessment, management and forensic examination of numerous high profile crime scenes and incidents, surveillance, and covert forensics throughout the UK and overseas. Whilst serving in the MPS he trained and lectured extensively on terrorism related subjects to UK police forces and outside agencies including, NHS, Fire and Rescue Services, Security and intelligence Services, Military, FBI and the UK National Forensic Training Establishment. 

He is an Accredited Expert for the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about Emergency Preparation and Response to the investigation and examination of nuclear or radiological emergencies, incidents and accidents.   

He has been, and still is, an advisor for several TV drama programmes and award-winning authors of both crime fiction and non-fiction books.  He has also appeared in a range of documentary programmes on terrorism, homicide and cold case investigations as a presenter, co-presenter and specialist commentator, and features on CBS Reality’s original series, “Donal MacIntyre’s Killer Evidence”.