Andy Tattersall

Andy Tattersall, former head of Salford CID and Detective Superintendent in the Greater Manchester Police on the Force Major Incident Team, retired in 2007 after 33 years service and became the first ever Support Staff SIO in charge of a new Homicide Investigation Unit. A career detective with over 29 years in CID at all ranks, Andy is recognised both locally and nationally as one of the most experienced homicide investigators in the UK, holding the position of Senior Investigating Officer for  thirteen years.He has led over 300 murder investigations, including gangland shootings, child homicides, hospital deaths, no-body murders and the prosecution of terrorist Kamal Bourgass for the murder of Special Branch Detective Stephen Oake in 2003.

In 2000 Andy was part of a select Specialist Advisory Team, created to assist the Metropolitan Police with the murder investigation of Jill Dando. He received the Association of Chief Police Officer's, Homicide Working Group, National Award for his Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Homicide in November 2006. For the past five years Andy has assisted in the instruction of homicide detectives from across the country at the National Training centre in Cambridge. He is the co-author of the Blackstone's Senior Investigating Officer's Handbook, published by Oxford University Press in 2008, which is now used by all UK Police forces.