David Lowe is a retired police officer with 27 years’ service during which he carried out numerous uniform and CID roles before retiring as a Detective Sergeant. Following his retirement from the police, David entered academia, and he is currently a senior research fellow at Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University where he researches terrorism and security, policing and criminal law. His research has resulted in many publications, including books, book chapters, articles in peer-reviewed journals and online journals. He is an external member of the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Committee on a Fit and Healthy Childhood where his input is in relation to the UK’s Prevent Strategy and how extremism impacts children and young people. He is also a member of the Academic Resilience and Security Community and the UK’s Counter-Terrorism Advisory Network. David is regularly requested by the mainstream national and international media (television and radio) to provide commentary in his research areas, including the BBC (television and radio). He also provides an expert witness service in his research areas of terrorism and security, criminal law and policing.