A NSW Police Force veteran of 28 years, he’s chased serial armed bandits, hold-up artists and kidnappers as well as working across the state in the Homicide Squad. After joining the force in 1988, Detective Inspector Attwood worked as a general duties cop in Parramatta and Castle Hill for eight years before making the switch to the detectives.

“I liked investigating, investing time in getting to know people and putting my training into practice,” he said. 

“The police force is really a great place to work because you can make career changes, freshen up your skills or take on a challenge.”

Detective Inspector Attwood went on to work in the state crime command before coming to Griffith. Working as a crime manager was a change of sorts for the detective, from focusing on a few cases to taking a broad view of all cases.

“Part of the role is having oversight of all the investigations and my experience will provide additional perspective to the command,” Detective Inspector Attwood said. 

“I will also be making sure all opportunities for investigation are followed up. 

“We’re also not just investigating crime but being proactive about what’s happening across the entire command.”

In his first week in Griffith, Detective Inspector Attwood was impressed by the quality and volume of work in the command as well as the warm welcome he received. While he hadn’t lived in a rural area before, he had spent “quite a bit of time” in the country.

“Some of my time in homicide was spent conducting investigations alongside country commands,” he said. 

“We have the same approach to crime across the state, the volume of crime may change between the country and the city but the type of crime does not. 

“Griffith Local Area Command is well-resourced locally and in the event that we require specialist resources we request their assistance in a similar way to metropolitan commands and these requests are well supported.”