Advanced Driving Instructor for London, Hertfordshire

Overview

Alan is a highly accomplished driver trainer, examiner, and former Metropolitan Police officer with almost three decades of frontline and instructional experience.

His career bridges operational roads policing, advanced training for specialist police and military units, and civilian instruction. Alan is distinguished by his ability to train at the very highest levels - including instructing Royal chauffeur teams, UK and foreign armed forces, and emergency responders - while also maintaining a supportive, approachable style that adapts to learners’ needs without compromising on standards. His record reflects an enduring commitment to public safety, lawful driving, and professional roadcraft.

Core Expertise

• Police and Emergency Service Driver Training
  Extensive experience as a Metropolitan Police Driving Instructor and Examiner, teaching response driving, convoy operations, and tactical pursuit skills. Now extending this expertise to the London Fire Brigade and senior officers through Babcock International.
• Advanced Instruction Across Vehicle Types
  Fully qualified ADI with entitlements across motorcycle, car, LGV, PCV, and specialist vehicles including armoured trucks and JCBs. Accredited in off-road, motorcycle response, C1 & D1 categories, and anti-hijack protocols, offering rare versatility across the full transport spectrum.
• Roadcraft, Investigation and Safety Standards
  Former Roads Policing Officer with deep expertise in traffic law, collision investigation, and tactical interventions against road crime. Experience includes managing fatal and serious collisions, preparing evidence for court, and working directly with collision investigators to inform training needs.
• Instructional and Assessment Skills
  City & Guilds qualified in teaching and assessment (D32, D33, PTLLS), plus long-standing experience in training needs analysis, mentoring struggling students, and developing bespoke interventions to meet learning objectives.
• Protection and Specialist Driving
  Operationally accredited as a National Protection Driver, supporting security operations for visiting dignitaries including Presidents Obama and Trump. Trusted with sensitive roles requiring absolute precision, discretion, and adherence to tactical driving standards.

Experience

Blue Light Driving Instructor
Currently trains London Firefighters in emergency appliance driving, as well as senior police officers in blue light response techniques. Uses adaptive instructional styles to match varied learner profiles and verifies competence against national standards.

Metropolitan Police Service
Held a broad range of posts from Roads Policing Officer to Instructor and Examiner at Hendon Driving School. Key responsibilities included:

• Delivering blue light and advanced driver training across cars, motorbikes, LGVs, PCVs and specialist vehicles.
• Coaching UK and overseas armed forces, special forces, and Royal chauffeur teams.
• Acting as assessor, verifier and mentor for trainee instructors.
• Advising collision investigators on training implications of major incidents.
• Operational policing: responding to emergencies, conducting pursuits, supporting public order events, and investigating fatal collisions with sensitivity and professionalism.

Roads Policing Officer
Applied traffic law in real-world environments, managed investigations into fatal collisions, and denied criminal use of the road network. Developed reputation for measured judgement and effective risk management under pressure.

Qualifications

• DVSA Approved Driving Instructor (ADI).
• City & Guilds Graduate - Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector
• City & Guilds D32 Assessing Candidate Performance
• City & Guilds D33 Assessing Candidate using differing Source of Evidence
• Level 2 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace
• Response Blue Light Instructor – Response driving Convoy Driving, Initial Pursuit.
• C1 & D1 Instructor – DVSA Instructor for C1 & D1, Armoured Truck – Jankel traine.
• Carrier Trained, Public Order Driver Instructor, Armoured JCB trained.
• Anti Hi-Jack Instructor.
• 4x4, Off Road trained.
• Police. Motorbike response trained, Off road Motorbike trained
• National Protection Driver- Driver Protection Team for President Trump and President Obama.

Delivery Philosophy

• Operational Realism, Educational Sensitivity
  Alan blends hard-edged operational expertise with a calm, empathetic teaching manner. He sets uncompromising standards but ensures students understand not only how to drive to a given level but why those standards exist, embedding compliance with law, policy and ethics.
• Roadcraft as Foundation
  Whether teaching a new recruit, an advanced civilian driver, or a protection team chauffeur, Alan places systematic roadcraft-observation, anticipation, and positioning-at the heart of every session. His experience in pursuits and tactical response gives his instruction sharp relevance but always grounded in public safety.
• Adaptability to Learner Needs
  Drawing on City & Guilds training qualifications and years of mentoring experience, Alan adjusts delivery to the learning style and circumstances of each candidate. He recognises excellence where it emerges, and provides clear, supportive remedial pathways where learners struggle.