Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast

Episode 7: Interview with Professor Tom Lewis on civil liberties and the state of UK policing

This week I interview Professor Tom Lewis, the Director of Nottingham Law School’s Centre for Rights and Justice. Tom’s main research areas lie in the field of human rights and constitutional law and history. He has particular interests in the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of religion or belief, and in the European Convention on Human Rights and the UK’s Human Rights Act. 

We discuss the current state of UK policing, the rights and the wrongs of the BLM and Kill the Bill protests and the challenges for the police in protecting young black men in the inner cities from knife-crime without being accused of racism.

Episode 6: Social media, camera phones and dealing with annoying agitators

This week I discuss what a nightmare it now is for police officers trying to do their job every day with idiots shoving camera phones in their faces and then uploading it all to YouTube and Tiktok. What effect is this having on public safety, and on the mental and emotional wellbeing of police officers and on their human rights? What, if anything, can be done about it?

Episode 5: Interview with firearms officer Tony Long. Charged with murder after a fatal shooting.

This week I interview Tony Long, the ex-Metropolitan Police firearms officer, who in 2015, was cleared of murdering Azelle Rodney in the course of a police surveillance operation in 2005. Three firearms were found in the car. The internal Met Professional Standards Department and the Independent Police Complaints Commission ruled that Tony had acted correctly, however, after a high profile public inquiry, Tony was then charged with murder almost ten years after the original incident. As if that wasn't stressful enough, the tabloids branded Tony "The Mets own Serial Killer", on the basis that Rodney was the fifth person that Tony had shot, and the third person that he had shot dead during his career in the firearms department.

Episode 4: Interview with ex-DS Nick Bailey. Salisbury nerve agent survivor.

This week I have a fascinating chat with Ex-DS Nick Bailey, who became critically ill after becoming contaminated with the chemical weapon Novichok, in Salisbury in 2018. He talks frankly about his police career, the incident, and his difficult decision to leave the police service in 2020 as a result of experiencing severe mental health issues. I also talk about the very inaccurate and flawed representation of policing in Brixton in a new BBC podcast, and I tell you about a rather odd and embarrassing medical procedure that I (and many others) went through in order to become a police officer.

Episode 3: Nazi in the ranks and an interview with Kerry Young, child abuse investigator.

This week I grovel pathetically to the nice journalists and politicians who don't make a career out of slagging off the Old Bill, I talk about how a Nazi extremist managed to get into the Met police, and I interview the lovely Kerry Young who I used to work with in Coventry many years ago. Check out the brand new intro and outro music by my very talented and amazing friend and singer, Louise Hatton. If you like this podcast please review it here;

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Episode 2: Line of Duty, the Clapham ‘vigil’ arrests and reckless politicians

In this episode, Iain talks about Line of Duty, the vindication of the Met police response to the Clapham 'vigil' and the excellent new BBC2 documentary series about tackling serious and organised crime in Manchester. He becomes a bit emotional talking about certain politicians, before needing a little lie down in a quiet room. Finally he talks about his decision to join the police and the shortest military career in the history of the British Army. If you like this podcast please review it here;

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Episode 1: Kill the Bill and TV police v Real police

In this episode I discuss the Bristol disorder and talk about what it's like to be in these situations and to train for them. I then compare the TV police vs the real police and how much police dramas annoy real cops. Finally I'll introduce my wife, the Smog Monkey, who describes what it's like to be married to a police officer. If you like this podcast please review it here;

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An introduction to the TJF podcast

This is the only podcast that will tell you honestly what it’s really been like to be in the British police for the last thirty years. How has it changed? When and why did those changes happen? What was it like to live through this incredibly tumultuous period in the history of British policing? Whether you’re a member of the public who’s curious about policing, a policy maker, a commercial supplier who works with the police, or a student studying anything relevant to policing; this is definitely the podcast for you! Funny, sad and sometimes disturbing. Listener caution is advised. If you like this podcast please review it here;

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