Dyanne works in a co-located police team within the Drugs Intervention Project, Sheffield.

Dyanne fell into the criminal justice system in the late 1980s when she started dabbling with drugs, firstly cannabis, then amphetamine and LSD. In the early 1990s she started using heroin and crack cocaine.

To say that her life went in a rapid downhill spiral very quickly is an understatement. She quickly racked up charges for numerous thefts, deception, forgery, criminal damage, various assaults and this catalogue came to a head when she was charged with robbery and found herself serving a four and a half year custodial sentence.

Dyanne will say that it was this sentence that saved her life, she was able to look at herself and see what she had become and that if she didn't do something about it she would not be here now.

Dyanne went through numerous courses and came out of prison a different person. She then worked with the Sherwood Project in Worksop before coming to South Yorkshire.

In Dyanne's words:

After a long prison sentence and being highlighted as a prolific offender, I took a long hard look at my life and I enrolled on Drake Hall's rehab programme to deal with all the issues from my past, along with looking at stuff around the victim's of my crimes. When I was coming up for parole I had to look at where I wanted to live and run it by my prolific offender's team.

I looked at more rehab programmes so I could put into practice what I'd learnt and found a women only rehab with my own flat in Nottinghamshire. This meant my prolific offender's team would change yet again. Funnily enough, I got on really well with them and they were really supportive. I did another 6-months rehab in there and applied for a job with the NHS and my placement was within my prolific offender's team so relationships changed. Then South Yorkshire Police approached me and asked if I'd like the job of Offender Support Worker. I never thought I'd work for South Yorkshire Police and I'm really enjoying giving something back to society and helping drug users into treatment.