About Rampart Consulting

Experience Where It Matters

Rampart Consulting is a boutique security and risk advisory firm delivering strategic, discreet, and intelligence‑led solutions to organisations that expect a higher standard of protection. Our practice is built on decades of law enforcement leadership, specialised investigative expertise, and forensic psychology insights – applied pragmatically to safeguard people, assets, and reputation.

Who We Are

We advise clients across corporate, government, critical infrastructure, health and education, and values driven organisations. Our work is behaviourally informed, grounded in real world operational experience, and focused on clarity in decision making —so leaders can act with confidence under pressure.

Our Distinction

Frontline investigative authority

Frontline investigative authority — deep experience investigating where security failed, and how offenders developed the methods to breach controls in retail, commercial, and high security environments.

Premium, boutique partnership

selective engagements ensure senior attention, precise planning, and tailored outcomes.

Forensic psychology perspective

understanding offender motivation and attack pathways to anticipate risk before it materialises.

Absolute discretion and integrity

trusted advisory to executives and high net worth families.

Principal Consultant

Anthony Macklin

Former Detective Inspector, NSW Police

Anthony’s career spans complex investigations and senior command roles, including Sex Crimes and Child Exploitation investigations, deployment to major public order events, and dignitary protection duties. He has also trained NSW Police in Investigation, Risk Management, Emergency Management and specialist operational disciplines, and has overseen operations across multiple Police Commands.

Operational Pedigree (Highlights)

Investigating security failures

As a senior detective, analysing how criminals bypassed prevailing physical and procedural controls across general domestic and commercial through to high security environments.

Frontline crowd control & riots

Public order experience and training aligned to public disorder deployments.

Close Personal Protection (CPP)

Experience providing close personal protection (CPP) services to the Australian Prime Minister and international heads of state.

Offender debriefing

Direct, post incident engagements with offenders— insight that goes well beyond academic theory.

Predictive threat modelling

A career long strength in anticipating how offenders will assess a target person, location, or system—and how they will execute.

Awards & commendations

Recipient of the National Medal, National Police Service Medal, NSW Police Medal (incl. clasp), and unit citations.

Police training roles

Endorsed trainer for NSWPF in Risk Management, Investigation, Emergency Management and related operational disciplines.

Command leadership

As a senior Police officer, commanded multiple Police Areas simultaneously and managed the response to major incidents.

Major event planning

Experience in complex event planning, hostile vehicle mitigation, and operational readiness.

Incident & emergency management

Leadership through dangerous natural and human related incidents and emergencies working with various stakeholders to improve outcomes and minimise impacts.

High level understanding of Fire & arson

Formal arson‑investigation training and practical case experience.

Understanding of Firearms threats

Training in long range precision shooting, pistols and shotguns.

Crisis negotiation & behavioural management

Experience engaging highly volatile, agitated persons in crisis; undertaken specialist mental health intervention training. Postgraduate work in forensic psychology.

Critical incident survivability

Extensive exposure to high risk environments and critical incidents throughout policing service (including firearms and edged weapon threats).

Our Team

Anthony leads a small, highly experienced team of former Police, I.T. and Security Professionals, engaged for specialist security and risk management services. This boutique model ensures discretion, agility, and senior oversight for every engagement.

Approach & Methodology

We combine offender centric analysis, forensic psychology, and structured risk frameworks to deliver practical, high confidence advice.
1. Assess: Intelligence led threat and vulnerability analysis
2. Anticipate: Behavioural and modus operandi mapping of likely attack pathways
3. Design: Targeted controls across people, process, and technology
4. Assure: Governance, training, and continuous improvement supporting resilience Elements of our approach are informed by prior public law enforcement and protective security practice, including CPP and public order operations.

Credentials & Awards

  • National Medal; National Police Service Medal; NSW Police Medal
    (incl. clasp); Commissioner and unit citations.

  • Industry memberships with ASIS international, the NTOA and the International Association of Counter Terror & Security Professionals

Professional Training & Subject Matter Expertise

  •  Security & Investigation (SME; endorsed Police trainer in Risk Management, Investigation, Emergency Management.
  •  Specialist courses include Arson Investigation, Close Personal Protection, Public Order & Riot, Emergency Management, Mental Health Intervention, Contemporary Threat Management and Long-Range Shooting.

Values & Assurance

  • Discretion and confidentiality at all times
  • Evidence based analysis with offender aware insights
  • Tailored solutions; never generic templates
  • Integrity in advice, delivery, and ongoing support

Why Clients Choose Rampart

Proven credibility from frontline to executive level

High trust partnership approach

Discreet, ethical, and evidence based practice

Tailored solutions not generic templates