Local Command Unit Commanders

Chief Superintendent Stuart Bosley

LCU Commander – Berkshire East

Chief Superintendent Stuart Bosley joined Thames Valley Police in 2004 after a spell in the Royal Navy. Most of Stuarts initial service was in Berkshire and in the detective world having served as a detective at every rank. More recently he was proud to have served as a Major Crime Senior Investigating Officer, Head of Rape and Sexual Offending and as Head of Investigations in Counter Terrorist Policing South East Policing. His motivation has always been to deliver a first rate service to victims and to ensure that all is done to bring those responsible for the most serious crimes to justice.

Stuart is a PIP3 and 4 Senior Investigating Officer and a Force Authorising Officer. He is delighted to be back in Berkshire East where he last served as a Detective Inspector in 2013.

Outside of work Stuart is married with two teenage daughters and enjoys triathlon, rugby and bbq'ing.

Chief Superintendent Felicity Parker

LCU Commander – Berkshire West

Chief Superintendent Parker joined Thames Valley Police in 2003 and gained the majority of her frontline experience in Oxford City as a neighbourhood officer and detective. Felicity has spent significant time working in public protection, particularly focussing on domestic abuse, offender management and working in partnership to improve safeguarding.  Felicity is currently the force lead for adults at risk of crime, to reduce their vulnerability to crime and hold offenders to account.

Felicity is an experience public order public safety commander, having led the police response to Reading Festival in 2023 and 2024. In July 2024, Felicity was the silver commander for the European Political Community Summit at Blenheim Palace, working with government agencies to ensure the safety of 47 European leaders. 

Felicity is passionate about public service, working with all our partners to ensure people feel safe in their communities and have trust and confidence in Thames Valley Police.

Chief Superintendent Simon Mason

LCU Commander – Buckinghamshire

Chief Superintendent Emma Baillie

LCU Commander – Milton Keynes

Chief Superintendent Emma Baillie stepped into the role of Commander for Milton Keynes in April 2023. She has a wealth of experience having worked in roles spanning response policing, intelligence development and commanding large incidents and operations, including the force response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Emma previously worked as the lead for Thames Valley Police in the national Uplift programme, helping to recruit over 600 additional officers and also held responsibility for the allocation of officers and staff across the force area and their training. Before this, Emma was Head of the Armed Response department spanning the Thames Valley and Hampshire areas.

Chief Superintendent Ben Clark

LCU Commander - Oxfordshire

Chief Superintendent Ben Clark joined Thames Valley Police in January 2024 having spent 24 years in the Metropolitan Police Service. He has served in a variety of roles during his career, including the Territorial Support Group and in a number of local policing commands across London.

He is a strong supporter of evidence-based policing – working with the College of Policing to trial the police use of body-worn video, for which he received a European Public Sector excellence award. He has also trialled methods of improving the experience for crime victims, presenting results back nationally via the UK society of evidence-based policing conference.

Chief Superintendent Clark was the local policing resilience lead across London during the COVID19 pandemic; responsible for maintaining core police services continued to be delivered during the lockdown period. Following that, he transferred to the Royalty & Specialist Protection Command where he was involved in protection operations at the Late Queen’s funeral, the Coronation and leading the protection of VIP delegates at the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit in Bletchley Park in 2023.