Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast

Bonus Episode: Introduction to Child Sex Offenders

In this episode I provide an introductory 101 on child sex offenders. I talk about different types of offender, their journey to live abuse and I explain how grooming works. Finally I talk about the impact of the Internet on offending. You should probably listen to this episode before the next two episodes where I interview some of those who have investigated or managed paedophiles over many years.

Listener caution is advised.

If you have concerns about a child who may be the victim of sexual abuse, you can report it anonymously to the NSPCC here: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/our-services/nspcc-helpline/

If you are worried about your own sexual feelings towards children, you can obtain confidential advice and help here: https://www.stopitnow.org.uk

 

Episode 14: Riots and public order: Interview with Graham Wettone

This week I have a chat with Graham Wettone about all things to do with riots, public order, land-sharks (police dogs) and shit-machines (police horses). Graham also gives me his thoughts on whether he thinks The Job's Fucked or not....

Bonus Episode: Met Superintendent on the Sex Offenders Register and the woeful rape conviction rate.

In this bonus episode I discuss the controversy relating to Met Superintendent Robyn Williams, convicted of possessing a child abuse video and now re-instated back into her job, after being sacked. I also look at the woefully low rate of 1.6% of rapes now leading to criminal prosecution and consider what has gone wrong. 

Episode 13: Interview with Stuart Davidson, author of ‘Wasting Police Time’

This week I interview Stuart Davidson, the author of the No.1 best-seller about law and order 'Wasting Police Time'

The following description of the book was taken from Amazon;

"Ever wondered why you can't find a policeman when you want one?

PC David Copperfield has the answer: they're all inside the station, writing reports, photocopying, stapling and filing (when they're not getting caught up in the squabbles of Kaycee, Dwayne, her ex's ex, his sister's boyfriend's mum and that slag who sent them all a nasty message on Facebook).

Wasting Police Time is PC Copperfield's insider’s diary of life as a modern British bobby.

It's the first book to spill the beans about the way senior police officers waste our money while they fiddle the crime figures and scramble to meet bogus Home Office targets.

Copperfield is drily sarcastic and biting about his bosses, the criminals he deals with and the judges and politicians who have allowed our streets to collapse into chaos while they live in fortified houses and are driven around by armed police.

The book is so close to the mark that police minister Tony McNulty denounced it in the House of Commons as ‘more of a fiction than Dickens’ (and then had to admit he was wrong about this on the BBC’s Panorama).

'Graphic, entertaining and sobering' - The Observer
'A huge hit... will make you laugh out loud' - The Daily Mail
'Very revealing' - The Daily Telegraph
'One of the three political books of the moment' - Nick Cohen, The Observer
'Hilarious... should be compulsory reading for our political masters' - The Mail on Sunday
'Passionate, important, interesting and genuinely revealing... riveting' - The Sunday Times
'A sensation' - The Sun"

Bonus Episode - Daniel Morgan Inquiry and other police-related headlines from the last week

This is a bonus episode that talks about the good, the bad and the ugly events of the last week in UK policing

Episode 12: Interview with Nick Adderley, Chief Constable of Northamptonshire

Nick Adderley has been one of the very few Chief Constables nationally to put his head above the parapet and point out some of the many things that need to change in UK policing. He has a relentless focus on dismantling criminal networks and was the only Chief in the UK to equip all of his frontline officers with Taser to protect them from violent assaults. He has also challenged the Home Office and the College of Policing on the insistence that all new police officers need to either have or obtain a degree.

Episode 11: Chatting with my old boss - Ex-Chief Superintendent Clive Burgess

This week I have a have a fascinating chat with my old boss Chief Supt Clive Burgess. We talk about policing past and present and we recall some very difficult times in both our lives and an embarrassing trouser-related incident. 

Episode 10: Interview with Scott Walker: Kidnap and hostage negotiator

This week I interview Scott Walker, who is one of the world’s most experienced kidnap for ransom negotiators having either successfully responded to or case managed over 300 cases and other similar crises such as piracy, marauding terrorist and cyber extortion attacks.

Scott and I both worked in counter-terrorism operations in New Scotland Yard, and Scott then left policing to manage corporate kidnaps all over the world.

Scott is one of Chartwell's public speakers (https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/scott-walker/) and he now runs his own company, delivering Executive Leadership and Coaching; helping clients to develop a resilient mindset, enhance
their emotional intelligence, and communicate more effectively. Scott can be contacted at www.scottwalkercoaching.com

**** Correction : In this podcast I incorrectly described Diane Abbott as Shadow Home Secretary. She is the EX-Shadow Home Secretary, having been in that role from 2016 to 2020 ****

Episode 9: Interview with Keith Fraser - Chair of the Youth Justice Board England and Wales

In this weeks podcast I interview my ex-colleague from the West Midlands Police, Keith Fraser. Keith tells the fascinating story of how he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1985. This was very unusual for a young black man from Birmingham in those days. He worked there for 20 years before transferring to the West Midlands Police where he retired as a Superintendent. Keith is now the Chair of the Youth Justice board for England and Wales and one of the authors of the recent report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, commissioned by Boris Johnson to investigate race and ethnic disparities in the UK. 

Episode 8: Interview with former BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw

Policing has always had an uneasy relationship with journalists. In this podcast I interview Danny Shaw, who was the leading BBC Home Affairs correspondent for twenty years, Danny reported on policing and justice issues under ten different Home Secretaries and five different Prime Ministers, making him without a doubt the most experienced and knowledgeable journalist of his time in this area of public life.