Yates is second person to be shortlisted from the list of experts being hired by the Ministry of Interior Bahrain. John Timoney, an international security and police expert and former head of Miami Police was also short-listed from a number of super-cops with extensive and proven expertise to assist Bahrain.
Yates has a distinguished 30 year career with the Metropolitan Police, most recently serving as the senior most officers in Counter Terrorism and advisor to the Prime Minister. He holds a number of degrees and diplomas (including a Diploma in Applied Criminology), as well as having been invited to attend the FBI National Executive Course (the prestigious command course for high ranking FBI personnel offered to overseas senior police officials through invitation only).
Along with John Timoney from the US, Yates will be charged with insuring that the procedures used by the Bahraini police will meet international human rights standards. He acknowledged the hard work that lay ahead, stating “Bahrain’s police have some big challenges ahead, not dissimilar to those the UK itself faced only a couple of decades ago.”
Yates-Timoney duo will be involved with operations at all levels, including joining police on the streets to assess how they can improve their performance in restoring public order, while maintaining the rights of individuals.
The two “Supercops” will be developing a code of conduct for police officers emphasizing the protection of Human Rights that will be presented to the interior ministry next year.