Dr Bell holds advance degrees in education with a specific emphasis on police education & training, intelligence, transnational organised crime and counter-terrorism.
Dr Bell has held senior analytical and operational positions with the Queensland Police Service, the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence, the Australian Federal Police and the Organised Crime Agency of British Columbia-Canada (OCABC). He has travelled extensively and has been retained by various state and federal governments, law enforcement agencies, academic institutions, multi-national and crown corporations in Canada, the United States, Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In 2002, Dr Bell was retained as a national resource by the Canadian Senate – Standing Committee for National Defence on matters pertaining to the integrity of the national transportation network and the risk posed by Transnational Organised Crime Groups operating on the Canadian waterfront.
Dr Bell is the coordinator for the Masters and Post Graduate Programs, currently offered at the School of Justice. He is also a member of the teaching team into Singapore, which delivers undergraduate study units to members of the Singapore Police.
Research Interests
- Transnational Crime
- Organised Crime
- Transportation Infrastructure Security
- Criminal Intelligence: Systems, Process & Practices
- Risk / Threat Assessment & Management.
This information has been contributed by Dr Peter Bell.
