ROD REPTON B.A. (Hons),
SUBJECTS -CRIMINOLOGY, FORENSICS & SOCIAL HISTORY
Former Detective Chief Inspector-New Scotland Yard
Present: Private Investigator
During his 34 years in the police service Rod progressed through the ranks to Detective Chief inspector. He has developed an interest in some of the world’s leading criminal minds who committed both detected and undetected serious crime
He has experience not only as a Scotland Yard Detective, but also with the New York Narcotics Squad, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Carabinieri in Italy.
His presentations build upon his unrivalled police experience, and also his work as a private investigator, and have enthralled audiences worldwide.
From basic down to earth policing to the introduction of DNA and beyond, Rod will take you through the whole gambit of criminal investigations, and in some cases, their social history and even the possible corruption involved.

During his service he specialised in criminal investigations including murder, armed robbery, major drug importation conspiracies and kidnapping, being nationally trained as a hostage negotiator, as well as serving in the Special Branch.

He set up the Drug Profit Confiscation Unit for the force and worked as an Investigator and Supervisor. Rod was also seconded to the Regional Crime Squad and was also the first officer to be posted to New Scotland Yard in the Central Drugs Intelligence Unit.
On his retirement from the police Rod set up his own Private Investigations Company, Repton Consultancy Ltd, which has a sister company in New York.
Rod has an honours degree in Criminology, Sociology and Psychology. He is president of the Derby and Derbyshire Speakers Club. His hobbies include armchair investigations of unsolved crimes, walking, watching football and gardening.
He is able to give presentations to suit all cruise destinations.
No matter where in the world the cruise might be taking you, the following list of topics highlights Rods appeal to multicultural audiences.

Click here to visit Rod's website >> www.rodrepton.com

A DETECTIVE'S TALE.
As a way of introduction Rod will tell you how after detecting his first murder as a young officer, he rose through the ranks to becoming a Senior Detective at Scotland Yard. How on retirement how he set up his own Private Investigation Company.

MURDER MOST FOUL.
Rod will look at the development of science and intelligence in the investigation of the most heinous crime in the world. He will illustrate how he worked with the Mounties to detect the murder of two Hitchhikers in the U.K.

THE REAL LINE OF DUTY
How close to reality was the popular TV series about rooting out police corruption? Rod will tell you the truth based on his experiences as the Boss of the Professional Standards Unit dedicated to seeking out and punishing corrupt police officers.

DRUGS- A PERNICIOUS EVIL
Rod will relate how the drug menace has grown to an epidemic. He will illustrate how he smashed an international smuggling ring bringing drugs via the Balearic isles and Spain into the United Kingdom and Scandinavia

GUNS, GANGS AND NEGOTIATION.
Has a National and International trained Hostage Negotiator, Rod will tell you how he identified an illegal gun factory supplying weapons to criminals and terrorists. This led to a negotiation with two escaped prisoners who had stabbed a prison guard

THE SCHEMING MIND
The murder squad of the ship will be sworn in and given the facts of a true unsolved murder of Julia Wallace, by the Senior Investigating Officer Rod Repton. They then will decide “Whodunit”

DEATH IN ICE VALLEY
Rod in detective mode sets the scene of the circumstances of a mystery that has baffled experts for half a century, the Isdal woman was found dead in Scandinavia. Was she murdered? Was she a spy? She remains unidentified. She had travelled extensively around Europe using false passports, the labels were cut out of her clothing, but a suitcase yielded vital clues.

THE PLAZA WOMAN
A woman using a false identity was found dead in a Scandinavian Hotel room she had booked in using a false passport. Twenty-five years on she is still unidentified. From his enquiries Rod believes her death was related to the death of the Isdal woman. He believes they were involved in espionage and has identified a suspect he can put at the scene of both women’s deaths.

PILLAGING AND PLUNDERING
Rod tells the events of how the Great Heathen Army, a coalition of Vikings originating from Scandinavia, came together under a unified command to invade the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that constituted Great Britain and avenge the death of their leader in AD 816.They left their legacy in many ways with our relatives

VIKINGS IN THE BALTIC
Rod has long researched the fascinating area of history known as ‘The Viking Age’ and in his talk he explains how the creation of Russia began with the Vikings who opened trade routes on the great Russian rivers between the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas. How the Early Scandinavians in Russia were known as Rus to the Slavs, Rus is the source of the word Russia. He will explain how these people from a remote, isolated area of the continent came to be both feared and respected throughout Europe and beyond?

THE VIKINGS ABROAD
Rod has long researched the fascinating area of History known as ‘The Viking Age’ and presents his first talk in which he looks at Viking activity around the world. How did these people from a remote, isolated area of the continent come to be both feared and respected throughout Europe and beyond?
invade the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that constituted Great Britain and avenge the death of their leader in AD 816

THE DYATLOV PASS MYSTERY
In the depths of winter, a group of students went on a trek into the Ural Mountains in Russia. Their frozen bodies, with inexplicable injuries, were discovered in various locations These spawned dozens of conspiracy theories. Rod traces the group's journey and tells their story through their diaries, photographs, and letters.

AN OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN
How Rod smashed an international drug smuggling ring leading to the arrest of a Serving Guards Officer in Sweden. This resulted in to the bringing to justice of an organized crime syndicate importing drugs via the Spain into Scandinavia and the United Kingdom

LEST WE FORGET
Rod will tell you about a plot by suffragettes in Derby to murder the Prime Minister Lloyd George by poisoning him during the Great War

DO YOU REMEMBER NOSTALGIA?
The passengers of the Borealis will take a trip down Memory Lane. Join Rod in this interactive presentation and relive your youth.
Remember it is better to look back on memories than forward with dreams.

THE SILENT WITNESS
Forensic Investigation. CSI - the rise of DNA throughout the World, showing how DNA not only convicts the guilty it protects the innocent

THE POTTERY COTTAGE MURDERS
A psychopathic criminal on the run from prison. A family of five held hostage in their home. A frantic police manhunt across the snowbound moors. Just one survivor. Rod will tell you how it was resolved it

SKULDUGGERY & EXECUTION
How old murders come forward to a present-day execution in the Dark Peak District near to the “Plague Village”

DOCTOR DEATH
Doctor Harold Shipman was convicted of 15 murders but did he kill over 200 people?

THE BLACK MUSEUM
Evidence gathered by Scotland Yard over 150 years of policing

GUMSHOE THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
How Rod identified that the boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway related to the “Mob” and convicted of fraud in the U.S.A

ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON
Sherlock Holmes, the man that never lived and will never die

RUTH ELLIS
British model and nightclub hostess. She was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom

Rod has considerable cruising experience with Princess, Celebrity, CMV, Royal Caribbean, Saga and Fred Olsen and has lectured on 11 cruises in the past 6 years.
He has glowing testimonials, the last from the cruise director from his last cruise with Fred Olsen in February 2018
Score :4 out of 5
Feedback : Rod had a great series of talks on crime, murder and even did a 'whodunnit' murder investigation as his last talk, he could be utilised on any cruise.

PREVIOUS CRUISES
P&O Iona Norway 7 nights Southampton 23rd July 2022
P&O Brittania Mediterranean 8nights Southampton 2nd October 2022
Fred Olsen M1803 Norway 14 nights Dover 4th November 2022
Fred Olsen T2306 Norway 11 nights Newcastle 18th March 2023
P&O G313 Norway 7 nights Southampton 6th May 2023
P&O N325 Mediterranean 7 nights Southampton 2nd September 2023

I have a Seaman's Discharge Book and had Yellow Fever injections for working in the Amazon and South America. Also full public liability insurance for working on cruise ships.

Here is feedback from his most recent cruises:
1." 1. wanted to thank you so much for engaging Mr. Rod Repton as a speaker on our cruise. He had such a fascinating way of relating events from his experience that we were not only entertained but educated about the workings of law enforcement".
2. "We have just returned from a wonderful CELEBRITY British Isles Cruise which was all the more delightful having met Roderick Repton. His lectures on crime were fascinating due to his personal field experience and his great delivery of all of the facts. As you may know, North Americans are very loyal followers of all the Law and Order and CSI television shows, so to meet the "real deal was very enthralling."
Best Regards, Elaine Leiter
3 "Dear Rod, It was a pleasure to meet you, and I think it was obvious that MaryAnn and I both enjoyed your talks a great deal. In fact, I noted the lecturers as a trip highlight on my Cruise-evaluation, and mentioned you by name."
4 "To Whom it may concern: My wife Cristin George & I recently joined Princess Cruises on a 33 day adventure from Los Angeles Ca. to Venice, Italy via the Panama Canal. We were thoroughly entertained by retired DCI Roderick Repton in his Police & Crime lecture series on our sea days from Ft. Lauderdale to the end of our trip. We enjoyed his lectures and actually worked our ship schedules to make sure we did not miss any of his lectures.
I retired in 2008 after working 29 years with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the last six as a homicide Detective Sergeant. DCI Repton is the real deal, having met with him after some of the lectures and sharing a meal or two. His world class life experience as a detective cannot be substituted by someone who has not worked the streets. His lectures were factual with the British humor keeping the audience interested and entertained as he presented a multitude of cases over his career from a young policeman to his senior management position.Michael Thompson & Cristin George, 7221 Deer Springs Way, Las Vegas NV 89131-3507
OCEAN PRINCESS JULY 2015:
6.My wife & I are Elite members with Princess, and have therefore been on quite a few cruises, and listened to many guest speakers in our time.
We have just been to the Canaries on Emerald Princess and felt I must write re Rod Repton, the guest speaker.
It takes a good speaker to fill the Princess Theatre, and even better one to fill it for every one of their presentations. Rod Repton was exceptional. Not only did he fill the Theatre every time, his presentations were informative, entertaining, humorous when appropriate and serious when needed.
I was initially not sure about the topic of "Policing" when I read the details in the Princess Patter, but I like many others were delighted with the content and delivery of the presentations.
I would be delighted if I was on a cruise and read that Rod was again to be the guest speaker!
Regards Graham Harvey
7. The reason for this email really is to say how much we enjoyed the Lectures given by the ex policeman Rod Repton, never before have I seen the theatre at full capacity for a lecture, and boy, was he good
Yours sincerely,
J. Barry Standing
8. From Philippe and Ingrid G.
One of our favorite activities on the Emerald Princess was attending the enrichment lectures of Detective Rod Repton. He selected interesting cases to present, and has a lovely and warm stage presence. We were cruising with 2 young kids, and while most of the activities on board were geared towards adults, Mr Repton was kind enough to answer our children’s questions and speak with them at length outside of the lectures, making them feel special and included. We found that he was a jovial presence on the ship, and enjoyed his company outside of the lectures for a drink. He seemed to be an ambassador of he ship!
9.Afternoon Rod
I just wanted to thank you for the lectures you gave aboard The Emerald Princess whilst on our recent Canary Island cruise, I really found them very interesting and attended every one!
You will be pleased to know when completing the Princess find back survey I informed Princess how much I had enjoyed your lectures.
Regards Grace Anson
10."As regular cruisers we are always looking for new ways to be entertained on board so when we read in the daily itinenary about Rod's presentations we were thought we'd give them a go. The presentations were intriguing and informative and left us wanting to know more! The Wallace murder case especially got us really thinking and we love nothing more than a 'whodunnit'! Rod has a great way of portraying the stories and has a great sense of humour - after all we didn't want something too heavy whilst on holiday!"... Sam and Lee Arnold Doncaster.
11.Every cruise needs a murder, a bit of organised crime and a knife-edge hostage situation.
Thankfully, former Detective Chief Inspector Rod Repton provides it all in the comfort of the on-board lecture theatre.
A dyed-in-the-wool old-time copper who's dealt with everything from drunks in Derbyshire to a spell with the New York drug squad battling to win back the streets of Manhattan, Rod has the audience enthralled in morbid fascination and plenty of laughs.
The Richardsons,Yorkshire.
12.September 2016.
Our Entertainment Directors monitor all presentations and I am happy to advise you of the following comment:
Rod engages the crowd really well - He involves them in his presentations and everyone can see he enjoys what he is doing - His final presentation is very good

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