Stevie has been a police officer for 24 years starting his career in Strathclyde Police, before transferring to Lothian and Borders and thereafter Police Scotland when it amalgamated the 8 legacy police forces in 2013.
Stevie has spent the majority of his service working as a detective within the Criminal Investigation Department. In 2015 he was promoted to Detective Inspector where he was worked as Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) in several major investigations, which included one of Police Scotland’s first human trafficking investigations that led to 4 members of a serious and organised crime group being convicted.
In 2017, Stevie moved from CID into a Public Protection role, where he worked on the most complex child protection investigations across Scotland. In 2020, he was promoted to Detective Chief Inspector within the National Child Abuse Investigation Unit.
In 2022, Stevie moved as Detective Chief Inspector to the Scottish Crime Campus as deputy lead for Rape and Sexual Crime, Human Trafficking and Prostitution. In May the following year, he took over as Detective Superintendent and national lead which is his current role.