GLEN POTTER APM

Police & Military Technical Consultant | Animal Coordinator (Horse Master) | Film Vehicle Coordinator

📍 Upper Swan, Western Australia

📞 +61 439 900 157

📧 glen.roy1960@gmail.com

🎞 Glen's IMDb

Professional Summary

Glen Potter APM (Australian Police Medal) is a highly experienced Police and Military Technical Consultant, Animal Coordinator (Horse Master), and Film Vehicle Coordinator, bringing more than four decades of frontline operational leadership into film and television production.

With an extensive career spanning serious criminal investigations, hostage negotiation, tactical and counter-terrorism operations, national command roles, and mounted and canine units, Glen provides productions with unparalleled authenticity, safety oversight, and operational realism. This depth of real-world experience enables Glen to support complex crime, tactical, military, and period storytelling with credibility, precision, and calm authority.

Key Skills & On-Set Experience

• Police technical advising for crime, investigation, tactical and counter-terrorism storytelling

• Script development, writers’ room collaboration, and pre-production consultation

• On-set technical advising ensuring procedural accuracy and safe execution

• Animal coordination with a strong focus on welfare, risk management, and production efficiency

• Horse Master services including selection, training, period-correct tack, and stunt riding

• Coordination and management of dogs, horses, and livestock in controlled on-set environments

• Picture vehicle wrangling and coordination, including high-risk driving sequences

• Tactical scene choreography including forced entries, arrests, and vehicle intercepts

• Risk assessment and safety management across high-pressure, high-risk environments

• Actor support for technically accurate police and tactical performances

Selected Screen Credits

Television Series

Run (2024–2025) | Series Developer, Technical Consultant, Actor | Warner Bros. (Binge / Foxtel)

The Twelve – Season 3 (2024) | Police Technical Advisor, Actor (Handcuffing Scene) | Easy Tiger

Scrublands: Silver (2024) | Police Technical Advisor (Script & On Set), Vehicle Coordinator | BBC Studios Australia

Mystery Road: Origin – Season 2 (2024) | Animal Coordinator (Large Breed Dogs) | Bunya Productions

Feature Films

The Travellers (2024) | Vehicle Wrangler, Vehicle Coordinator | Director: Bruce Beresford

Runt (2023) | Animal Coordinator, Assistant Director (Dog Handling) | See Pictures

The Claremont Murders (2023) | Police Technical & Tactical Advisor, Stunt Performer |

The Furnace (2019) | Horse Master |

Hounds of Love (2016) | Police Technical Advisor |

Documentary / Documentary-Drama

The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse (2014) | Assistant Horse Action Manager |

Commercial

TAB Touch (2022) | Horse Master |

Law Enforcement & Military Background

Western Australia Police Force | Senior Police Officer (1977–2000)

Roles included General Policing, Detective (Senior Investigating Officer / Officer in Charge), Hostage Negotiator, Tactical Operator, Senior Tactical Commander (Domestic & National Counter Terrorism), and leadership of Mounted and Canine Units.

Australian Army Reserves | Infantry

Awards & Honours

• Australian Police Medal – Australia Day Honours (2015)

• Western Australia Police Star (2019)

• Commissioner’s Medal for Excellence (2007)

Qualifications

• HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• HLTAID010 Provide Basic Emergency Life Support

• HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

• Firearms Range Officer – National Rifle Association of Australia

• Certificate in Police Studies

• Advanced Diploma in Criminal Investigations

• Police Advanced Driving – Urgent Duty & Pursuit

• SAC-PAV Counter Terrorism Hostage Negotiation

• WA Police Tactical Response Group – Field Commander

• Advanced Detective Training

Additional Information

Through decades of operational leadership in high-risk, highly scrutinised environments, Glen Potter APM has developed a rigorous, practical approach to risk management and workplace safety. This experience translates seamlessly to film and television production, where safety, realism, and efficiency must coexist. Glen consistently applies disciplined risk assessment practices to ensure the wellbeing of cast, crew, animals, and production assets while supporting authentic, powerful storytelling.