Author of award-winning 'Elixir', ex-Job & CEO of the SmartWater Group (now https://nitter.gq/t.co/cHRxtfGNBY). Elixir 2 coming soon. Interested in military history.
Hampshire & London
Joined November 2011
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Ten FAQ's about me and SmartWater, with answers:
1. How long were you in the police service?
Eleven years.
2. Why did you leave?
The family had a car accident, leaving one with injuries that needed my nursing care, which severely impacted my ability to do my job as a police officer. West Midlands Police were great, but the situation became untenable, and I had to resign.
3. When did you start SmartWater?
Because I needed to be available to provide nursing care, I started as a security consultant first, as it allowed for flexible hours. But the idea for SmartWater had been formulated in my mind as a police officer. Fact: criminals, particularly thieves and robbers, hate anything that it traceable, as it's incriminating and 'too hot to handle'.
4. What did you do before the police?
I trained as a computer engineer, specialising in highway engineering. So, my world was filled with Boolean algebra and binary sequences. But I was a young man and didn't want to be stuck in a windowless computer suite for years, so I joined the police for some excitement. That worked!
5. Why did SmartWater become so big compared to other similar technologies?
First, it was due to a brilliant scientist, my brother Mike, who turned my idea into reality. Then, we developed a policing strategy called 'The Trapped Principle', which, when the police adopted it fully, dramatically reduced acquisitive crime (see graphic). Other technologies just didn't have the understanding of policing that we had.
6. What was your most significant breakthrough?
Two things:
First, we won the HRH Prince of Wales Award for Innovation on national TV in 1996. This award gave us tremendous impetus, and we will be forever grateful to His Royal Highness.
Secondly, we had our first conviction of a 'ram-raider' in Staffordshire, where the police were willing to try a new approach to crime-fighting. One of the fundamental elements of the 'Trapped Principle' is that technology alone is not enough to create a crime deterrent; criminals need to fear it, and the only way that happens is if they're sent to prison as a result.
7. What are your proudest moments with SmartWater?
As we helped the police reduce crime and convict serious criminals, there are many, but two come to mind in relation to the SmartWater Foundation, our charitable arm established by my brother and I:
1. Helping Syrian archaeologists protect their antiquities from thieves working for ISIS;
2. Developing a new type of spray product that we, via the police, issued to people under threat of domestic violence. The deterrent value of SmartWater traceability was so great at that time that it forced the potential assailants to stay away. We were protecting the most vulnerable of people.
8. How big did SmartWater get before you retired?
When I left, the SmartWater Group was an international, multi-million-pound business with a nine-figure valuation, employing hundreds of people.
9. What about now?
SmartWater is now part of a larger corporation called DeterTech, which is expanding rapidly worldwide. I am still a shareholder and know that the current team has ambitions to be the first billion-dollar company created in Shropshire.
10. What advice would you give young entrepreneurs?
Love your employees, treat them like family.
When promoting people, be blind to race, gender and religion - if they are good enough, promote them.
Never lie.
Keep fighting, take chances and study the market, your customers and your competition.
Phil Cleary MA FRSA retweeted
The UK Labour Party and their supporters don’t want this video to go viral, so please watch and share it everywhere.
Top British attorney Natasha Hausdorff dismantles the false Palestinian narrative with facts, exposing the anti-Semitic Nazi agenda pushed by the media, Muslim terrorists and Marxists in the West.
Top British attorney Natasha Hausdorff is asking the Labour government to stop lying.
Hausdorff has said this in plain English: Whitehall must be governed by facts and data, not by folk tales in which Jews in Judea wander the hills murdering Muslim children and starving pregnant Muslim women. Those stories are not journalism. They are the medieval blood libel with a press pass. Hamas writes the script. The UN stamps it. British ministers repeat it. Social media industrialises it. The target is not “policy.” It is Jews in Israel.
£2.5 billion might seem a lot to the man in the street but when considered against a budget of £1,419 billion, it’s minimal.
I have suggested in the article ways it could be raised, reducing wasted spend £6.6b (cancelled contracts), COVID fraud (albeit a one-off recovery), £10-£11 billion, and £391 billion on ‘quangos’.
But if it produces 30,000 worthwhile AI-proof careers for our young people, while strengthening our military and essential services, it might just be worth the effort, …maybe?
When considering the next Spending Review. ‘National Security’ shouldn’t be just about recruiting more soldiers, sailors and fighter pilots, although admittedly very important, I argue that it should include investment to protect our citizens as they walk the streets of our town and cities.
But, whilst acknowledging that budgets are tight, I suggest a way that both could be achieved.
My article published in The European today:
the-european.eu/story-64179/…
Phil Cleary MA FRSA retweeted
Starmer has sought to close down legitimate debate about race and policing in Britain. The truth is way ahead of him.
The True Story behind the Murder of Henry Nowak.
The week's Brazier, with @ColinBrazierTV.
Only on @OutpostStudios.
The True Story behind the Murder of Henry Nowak.
The week's Brazier, with @ColinBrazierTV.
Only on @OutpostStudios.
The Three Tragic Deaths in Nottingham Lay Bare Government Failure
Although I have a Master's in Military History and deep respect for the British military, both past and present, as a former police officer, my instinctive interest lies in protecting UK citizens from real-time threats.
Last year, 'Social Care Today' published my article, which argued that the child rape scandals were directly linked to a chronic under-investment in our front-line services.
The European has now published my follow-up article looking at the inquiry into the tragic deaths of three people in Nottingham. The Press pointed the finger of blame at front-line services, be it mental health workers, police officers or social services.
My article offers a different opinion:
the-european.eu/story-58623/…
What was once science fiction is now science fact, as over 100 labs work to crack the code that triggers human ageing.
When—not if—they do, some will celebrate, while others warn it poses a greater risk to humankind than AI.
My article about this was published in The European today:
the-european.eu/story-53535/…
nitter.gq/apoliticaleye/status/1…
Another example of what police officers face.
@RobertJenrick @GBNEWS @markwhiteTV
British Transport Police Constable Adrian Young has been found guilty at Westminster Magistrates court of assaulting (Common Assault) a 15-year old girl at Camden Road station in September last year.
The officer intervened after the girl was suspected of pushing her way through barriers having been challenged by a station member of staff.
The IOPC reported.
"After PC Young, approached the child CCTV footage showed the officer restraining her by placing her in a headlock. The child remained in a headlock for approximately 30 seconds before PC Young pushed her back through the ticket barrier"
District Judge Nina Tempia sitting at Westminster court has adjourned the case against the 48 year old officer for reports. PC Young has 19 years police service.
This case follows the exposure by @RobertJenrick of the high level of fare evasions being committed across the transport networks.
The conviction for assault of a Metropolitan police officer at Westminster Magistrates Court was overturned on appeal. He was convicted following an incident in Croydon when a female passenger refused to show her ticket.
Although the Metropolitan police officer's conviction was quashed, he is due to appear before a Misconduct hearing relating to his use of force.
@GBNEWS @markwhiteTV @tomhfh
policeconduct.gov.uk/news/br…
Phil Cleary MA FRSA retweeted
With officers in the UK often placed in an untenable position by activists and others weaponising the complaints process in relation to a wide range of operational decisions – including the investigation of online posts – former West Midlands Sergeant Phil Cleary, co-founder of SmartWater and now a published novelist, argues that it’s time for Parliament to act to narrow the scope of referable complaints to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, enabling officers to return to exercising discretion.
policinginsight.com/feature/…
@ClearyPhil
ALT Britain’s free speech crisis: The weaponisation of complaints and the erosion of police discretion
Phil Cleary MA FRSA retweeted
Wishing all of our Jewish followers a G’mar chatima tovah today! #YomKippur
ALT Yom Kippur, most solemn of Jewish religious holidays, is observed on the 10th day of the lunar month of Tishri (in the course of September and October) and is a serious day of reflection, thought & prayer.
Domestic abuse repeat incidents down 22% with SmartWater forensic spray. Victim safety up, public costs down (£3.9M–£12.45M/year).
Time for national rollout.
@RefugeCharity
@womensaid
@SafeLives_
@SEAresource
@UKHomeOffice
@ShabanaMahmood - will you lead?
#VAWG #SmartWater #DomesticAbusePrevention
College of Policing - full report:
n8prp.org.uk/wp-content/uplo…
Phil Cleary MA FRSA retweeted
For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the @VC_and_GC_Assoc up to £50,000.
Time is running out following @I_W_M’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.
Despite now being retired, as co-Founder (with brother Mike) of #SmartWater forensic solutions, I am delighted that the current owners (detertech.com), still based in Shropshire, are doing a great job in continuing to use this British innovation for the benefit communities around the world @UKForeignRBLX @ShropshireStar @BBCShropshire @ShropCouncil @BBCWorld @BritishCouncil
My thoughts on the future of policing are attracting some interest:
nationalworld.com/news/meet-…
nationalworld.com/news/meet-…
'Relentless stalker' convicted after victim sprays him with SmartWater:
yorkpress.co.uk/news/2514517…
SmartWater protecting more victims of domestic violence:
gloucestershire.police.uk/ne…
As highlighted in the media today, the rapid advance in anti-ageing research is an exponential threat to Earth’s resources.
With the news of the latest breakthrough by scientists at Imperial College, London, it is clear it is now unstoppable and World governments need to prepare.
The only potential solution is space travel and the colonisation of near planets.
So far, scientists have extended life by only 25%. But, consider this, the Wright Brothers first flew at 30 mph - just 20 years later, planes were flying at 200 mph.
We haven’t much time.
@elonmusk @NASA
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