Trading Standards and Community Protection Manager, Cheshire East Council

Rick is the Trading Standards & Community Protection Manager at Cheshire East Council, heading the Trading Standards service, the CCTV service, the Digital Forensics Unit and Financial Investigations. He has many years management and supervisory experience and training, including sixteen years in policy, operational delivery, strategy and quality, partnerships and communities, regulatory services, legislative compliance and risk including law enforcement and standards. Close to six of those years in the Police and the rest within Trading Standards, Financial Investigations and community partnerships and safety.

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