Doug Abrahamson

Background

About Doug Abrahamson

Dr. Abrahamson retired after 35 years of policing in Canada and continues to champion the need to improve public safety and security practices and knowledge transfer at the local, national (Canada) and international levels (United States, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates). This has been done through a variety of venues and mechanisms, including public safety personnel (PSP) wellness policy and practice reviews and recommendations; identifying barriers and enablers to information and knowledge sharing within and across police agencies; competency gap analysis; policy review and development; investigative training ( basic, advanced, and forensic photography); formal adult education curriculum and program development; chairing Boards and Committees; authoring research, White Papers, Journal articles and book chapters; conference presentations and keynote speeches; independent evidence- based research; and international academic journal manuscript peer-reviews. Dr. Abrahamson recently completed a one year full time Rabdan Academy-Vocational Education Affairs (Abu Dhabi, UAE) Thematic Lead and Instructor position (2023-2024), within the UAE Ministry of Interior “Command, Leadership, and Management” vocational program, and also completed a one year (July 2024-July 2025) Free-Lance consulting role within Rabdan’s Vocational Education Affairs (VEA) program. Dr.Abrahamson is now working as an independent international public safety consultant and continues to champion public safety evidence-based knowledge transfer, improved policies and practices, and the achievement of desired outcomes, thus benefitting personnel, organizations, communities, and society. Doug not only brings a highly unique depth and breadth of knowledge, skills, and experience to his current roles, he constantly demonstrates his commitment to the public service values of leadership, professionalism, respect, integrity, stewardship, and excellence at the international level.