Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast

Episode 23 - Counter Terrorism detective and then into the private sector - Interview with Joanne Rice

This week I interview Joanne Rice, who spent 17 years in the Metropolitan police in London, the last eight of which were spent in covert policing investigating terrorist conspiracies. Jo decided to leave policing when the government changed the rules on pay and pensions, and she took up a new role in the private sector...an all-too-familiar story sadly in the last few years with many officers resigning. I really enjoyed chatting to Jo and it brought back many memories from my own work in that area.

Episode 22 - Guns and fast motorbikes - Interview with Eugenie Brooks

This week I interview Eugenie Brooks, who was the first ever female sergeant on the world famous Metropolitan Police Special Escort Group (SEG). The SEG provide an armed escort on motorbikes and cars for high risk prison transfers, VIPs and senior members of the Royal family. They are highly trained to move the convoy at high speed through busy streets across London and no-one gets in their way. Fascinating stuff.

Bonus Episode - Interview with Times Radio on the 4th January 2022

I had a very enjoyable interview with Darryl Morris on Times Radio yesterday evening. I definitely think that some people in the media are starting to 'get it' and realise that constant criticism of policing will end badly for everyone. 

Episode 20 - Police helicopters! - Interview with Adrian Bleese

This week I interview Adrian Bleese, who spent 12 years as an air observer on police helicopters, supporting officers on the ground involved in vehicle pursuits, searching for wanted and missing people and conducting aerial surveillance. Adrian is also the author of the book 'Above the Law - adventures in a police helicopter'

Episode 19 - Interview with Tom Farrell QPM

This week I interview Tom Farrell QPM. As well as being a thoroughly nice guy, he's also a global expert on protecting children from sexual exploitation on the internet, and identifying peadophiles trying to cover their tracks in cyberspace. 

Episode 18 - Tango Juliet Foxtrot has been published!!

Hello again! Now that the book has been published, with lots of fantastic feedback I'm going to start getting back to the TJF podcast. What fun! 

Episode 17 - TJF book progress and Sarah Everard sentencing

I've been away for a while but thought I'd give you an update on the book which will be published in a three weeks time. I also share my thoughts on the fallout from the horrific Sarah Everard case.

Episode 16: Managing Sex Offenders in the community - Interview with Arthur McHugh ex-Sex Offender Manager

This is the final TJF podcast until the book comes out later this year. After that, I will then see where things are, and gauge whether there's the appetite for more podcasts in the future.

Thanks for listening and try and be nice to the police...they're only human!

Bonus Episode: Knife crime getting worse and deaths in police custody

In this bonus episode I talk about the continuing horrors of knife crime and the multiplying deaths of (mostly) black children, and how the toxic media treatment of policing is making an already horrible situation much worse. I then turn my attention to a very misleading article in The Guardian and inject (God-forbid) a few facts into the debate around deaths in, or following police custody.

Episode 15: Vice, Obscene Publications Squad and the Paedophile Unit - Interview with Dave Flanagan

This week I interview Dave Flanagan, who spent many years working for the Vice Squad, Obscene Publications Squad and then the Paedophile Unit in London. It's a fascinating account of how the police investigated these issues back in the 1980s and 90s, in the time before the Internet reared its ugly head.