{"id":7978,"date":"2022-09-01T10:50:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=7978"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:36:58","slug":"martin-pope","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/martin-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7978\" class=\"elementor elementor-7978\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20d1a2ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"48824\" data-id=\"20d1a2ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a5af1cb\" data-eae-slider=\"47032\" data-id=\"4a5af1cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ccd5a3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ccd5a3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Martin is a Chartered Physicist with a broad-based Bachelor of Science (BScHons) degree from the Open University, which he took during a long career with Kent Police as a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) and senior CSI\/crime scene Manager. Martin also undertook an HNC in electronic and electrical engineering whilst in the industry and was a Retained Firefighter with Kent Fire and Rescue Service for five years.<\/p><p>Martin joined Hawkins in 2019 with 14 years of previous experience in commercial fire investigation. Whilst with Hawkins, he has conducted over 400 investigations involving all types of fires, from large overseas losses to small domestic incidents. He has a particular interest in explosion investigation, fires in thatched buildings, unusual ignition mechanisms, and non-destructive methods of entry and is frequently consulted in cases of high value commercial burglary. He is a Principal Associate in our Cambridge office.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin is a Chartered Physicist with a broad-based Bachelor of Science (BScHons) degree from the Open University, which he took during a long career with Kent Police as a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) and senior CSI\/crime scene Manager. Martin also undertook an HNC in electronic and electrical engineering whilst in the industry and was a Retained Firefighter with Kent Fire and Rescue Service for five years. Martin joined Hawkins in 2019 with 14 years of previous experience in commercial fire investigation. Whilst with Hawkins, he has conducted over 400 investigations involving all types of fires, from large overseas losses to small domestic incidents. He has a particular interest in explosion investigation, fires in thatched buildings, unusual ignition mechanisms, and non-destructive methods of entry and is frequently consulted in cases of high value commercial burglary. 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