Sharon Cumbers

Sharon Cumbers is a mother of three, step-mother of four and grandmother of 11. She grew up in the Kimberley’s , where once the children began school became a full-time volunteer Ambulance Officer for St John ‘s. Later moving to Alice Springs she worked as a Children’s Support Worker establishing a protective behaviour based program in the Alice Springs Women’s Refuge before then moving to Perth for the children’s higher educational needs and becoming a police officer in 2006 for the WA Police Force where she still serves.

Her particular interests are in breaking the cycle of family violence and all things child protection, including online safety for children. She currently works as a Family Violence Prosecutor in the specialised Family Violence Court during the day and in between volunteers as a ThinkUKnow presenter.