Cambridge MSt graduate is awarded prestigious international recognition in Italy

May-Britt V. R. Ronnebro is Superintendent and Senior Advisor on Crime Prevention at the Swedish National Police with 44 years’ experience of policing in different roles on local, regional and national level. She is a Fitzwilliam graduate at Cambridge University, England, UK and holds a master’s degree in Applied Criminology and Police Management. In 2015 she developed the Swedish Crime Harm Index for violent crimes against person in public places. The SCHI is now after a pre study ready to be implemented in the Swedish Police.

On the 25th August 2020 she received the “Premio Apoxiomeno Award – Polizia Internazionale” in Italy due to her background as ambassador for the Swedish National Symphony Orchestra, delivery of further education to police officers worldwide and her development of the Swedish Crime Harm Index.

May-Britt V. R. Ronnebro is Secretary General of the International Executive Board of the International Police Association and she is also President of IPA in Sweden. May-Britt maintains partnerships with other international associations related to the police profession including the International Education Centre Gimborn, Germany, the World Association of Detective, the International Association of Women Police and the Society of Evidence Based Policing - UK.

She delivers lectures and presentations at universities and education centres and conferences/symposiums in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Macau, UK and USA on topics like Crime Prevention, Crime Harm Index, Evidence Based Policing, Domestic/Sexual Violence, Street Children and Equality.