Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast

In this episode, I try and help people understand what will be going on behind the scenes as UK policing deals with the worst outbreak of violent disorder since the 2011 riots in England.

In this episode, I chat to Andy Fairie, who has retrained as a psychotherapist after leaving policing. He is also the host of the SFQ podcast and author of Listening Skills for Effective Policing. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1915713455/ref=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_PBTXNNHH7DSR1J3QPT59

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Dave Marshall, who recently retired after serving over 30 years in policing. Dave is the author of the book 'THE FALL OF POLICING: When Woke Cancelled The British Bobby' where he discusses the decline of British policing. According to Dave, over time, the British police have shifted their focus from keeping the law-abiding public safe to politically correct initiatives, resulting in a less safe society. This shift has eroded public trust in policing and created a perception of incompetence among the police force.   If you are interested in reading Dave's book, you can find it at https://www.amazon.com/FALL-POLICING-Cancelled-British-Bobby/dp/B0CTW6XZ5Z/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IEKM2JSVIKJX&keywords=dave+marshall&qid=1707860502&sprefix=dave+marshall%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-1.   In his book, Dave charts the demise of British policing. He describes how, over time, British policing gradually abandoned its primary purpose of keeping the law-abiding public safe to focus instead on politically correct initiatives that have left the public much less safe. This has undermined public trust in policing and created a perception that the police are incompetent.

***WARNING - This episode contains extremely graphic descriptions and should not be listened to in the presence of children***   In this episode I speak to Ex-Inspector Jack Frost who was trained to work with forensic scientists at crime scenes involving multiple fatalities. Jack and his colleagues were deployed after the suicide bombings on the London Underground in July 2005. People like Jack deserve our respect and thanks for the particularly distressing job that they do.

In this episode I dive into the worrying rise in police resignations. In England and Wales, Home Office data revealed 3433 voluntary resignations in the year ending March 2022, a rise of 72% from the previous year and a rise of 196% since the year ending March 2012.   Professor Sarah Charman from Portsmouth University has interviewed scores of ex-police officers who resigned recently from policing. Her findings are deeply worrying for the future of the organisation.

In this episode, I look at the implications of charging officer NX121 with murder and what this means for our safety in the UK.

After a break for a few months I'm back. In this episode I have a great chat with Scott Hamer, who will tell us all about his police career and being a close protection officer for the Royal Family.

Life has been tough for the last while...so this will be the last podcast for a bit.

This week I give my thoughts on recent developments in UK policing. Lots of signs that a new breed of police leader is prepared to make tough decisions, stick up for their staff and show some backbone!

This episode features a fascinating chat with Paul Franklin, the SIO who investigated the attempted murder of Vicky Cilliers by her husband Emile Cilliers. First he tried to blow her up in a gas explosion and when that failed he tried to kill her by tampering with her parachute.