Martin Gill was interested in crime before he could walk. “To me, this industry is never something I fell into; it was always something I wanted to be involved with,” he says. “So, when people say, ‘I don’t know what I want to do with my life,’ I don’t understand that. I just ask, ‘What are you interested in?’ And whatever the answer is, do that. For me, it was a fascination with crime.”
As a youngster, he saw the aftermath of a burglary at a shop in town and was fixated on why such a thing happened and what prevention tactics could have worked to stop a victim from being so traumatized. Gill says he’s convinced a family gene — several of his family members have worked in law enforcement and crime prevention — carved out his path for a life of researching crime, protection and security.