I thought at the time he was a self-employed consultant and contracted to S.Yorks police?
In any event he left S.Yorks police in Aug 2007 to market himself as a consultant?
How come S.Yorks police got involved? I thought Leic were dealing with all the UK based stuff until SY got involved?
Whose idea was it to deploy the dogs? Did Leic contact S.Yorks?
I'm assuming the dogs were the property of S.Yorks? If so were they some sort of leaving present for MG or did he do a deal with S.Yorks and purchase them for his new commercial venture?
Grime worked in Operational Support with S. Yorks police (dog section).
He co-trained Keela on a unique non-ACPO programme with Mark Harrison of NPIA. They may have been sponsored by Keela International.
Mark Harrison (geo-forensics expert) did a scoping report in Luz on behalf of UK police for PJ to determine where Madeleine's body may have been hidden/buried if she had been murdered. It was Harrison's recommendation to deploy specialist dogs but he only quoted the fees for Eddie & Keela, not other UK dog teams.
Harrison also worked with Vicky Coupland during his time with Bedfordshire police. Vicky Coupland went on to become the State of Jersey Forensics manager and in 2008 Grime was deployed there with Eddie & Keela in the Haut de la Garenne investigation. Most of Grime's time in Jersey was spent as a crime scene investigator, a role he was not qualified for.
You will find this document interesting reading.
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Government%20and%20administration/R%20Operation%20Rectangle%20review%20of%20the%20efficient%20and%20effective%20use%20of%20resources%20201005%20BDO%20Alto.pdfNote that Grime failed to provide any training records for SOJ police, despite having been requested to do so.
