Peter retired from the Metropolitan Police in 2005 having served as an inspector in traffic patrol, driver training, and with direct involvement in issues surrounding driving standards in the service for 20 years.He has extensive experience in police driver training issues, having been responsible for training in cars, lorries and buses and on motorcycles, as well as for the more technical training given to police officers in collision investigation, traffic law etc.

His experience includes involvement in the development of policy at both force and local levels.Peter also had practical experience of the investigation of traffic collisions over most of his thirty year police career, including many which involved fatalities.To add a touch of variety he also has experience of teaching cycling to schoolchildren.

He is also a member of the council of management and a former chairman of the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (Airso).