Greg Forbes

Greg is currently working in Scottish Violence Reduction Unit in Glasgow having completed 29 years in Policing, mainly based in the east of Scotland. Much of his career has focused on community policing. He realised that kicking down doors will not solve longer term issues in our communities thus he has always been focused on trying different initiatives from a public health perspective. Greg had an abstract published in the Lancet in 2009 based on innovative work looking at holistic approaches to challenge the culture of youth drinking and anti-social behaviour.

More recently he contributed to changing staff culture in police custody with regards to integrating custody navigators into the operational environment. Ever the optimist, he supports the importance of incorporating younger voices and empowering our young people into changing society for the better.