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| Born | November 1959 (age 64) Bangor, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | CEO of INEQE Safeguarding Group |
James Gamble, QPM (born November 1959) is a British former police officer and head of Belfast region for the now disbanded RUC Special Branch.
Gamble was the head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP) Centre in the United Kingdom until 2010, and is now CEO of the INEQE Safeguarding Group.[1]
Career
[edit]RUC Special Branch
[edit]Gamble's father was in the Royal Air Force. Before joining the Royal Ulster Constabulary as a constable, Gamble served in the Royal Military Police.[2] Early in his career he was head of the controversial Royal Ulster Constabulary anti-terrorist intelligence unit in Belfast, then Deputy Director General (with the rank of deputy chief constable) of the National Crime Squad, which in April 2006, merged into the Serious Organised Crime Agency. He was also the head of the Belfast Region of the RUC Special Branch.[3]
National Criminal Intelligence Service
[edit]Gamble led the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) fight against child sex abuse. He also presided over Operation Ore.[4] He led the work to set up the National Crime Squad's specialist response cell – the Paedophile and Online Investigation Team (POLIT). He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2008 New Year Honours.[5]
Gamble was a co-author on the UK's first Domestic Homicide Review (Pemberton) and in 2010 was appointed by the then Home Secretary to lead the initial scoping review of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.[6]
Gamble resigned as CEO of CEOP in October 2010.[7] He then created the 'Ineqe Safeguarding Group'.
Gamble has been called to give evidence at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) on two occasions. The first related to child abuse on the internet and the second to faith-based institutions.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Admin. "About". Ineqe Safeguarding Group. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Kilpatrick, Chris (19 May 2014). "Jim Gamble: 'I was under threat but was more fearful for my family'". Belfast Telegraph.
- ^ "Crime agency block 'will hamper policing'". BBC News. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Profile: Jim Gamble | BBC". BBC. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Honours: Sundries (QPM, QSFM)". The Independent. 29 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
- ^ Leebody, Christopher (22 April 2022). "Madeleine McCann case development most significant in 15 years, says child safety expert Jim Gamble". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Israel, Simon (4 October 2010). "Online child protection boss Jim Gamble quits". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Witness Statement of Jim Gamble QPM" (PDF). IICSA Website. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2022.