In this episode we look at leadership and the associated topics of wellbeing within the police service.

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In this episode we sit down around the virtual fire and discuss our own police antidotes and those stories that have gone down in policing folklore.  

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DISCLAIMER: It is entirely possible some of these tales may be untrue or inaccurate.

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In this episode we consider the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. The rule book for police since 1984 after the previous decade saw some massive miscarriages of justice. 

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In this episode we consider the recent report by the HMIC on bad practises within the UK police service. It makes grim reading. What makes it worse it that it is not politically driven but based on solid verifiable evidence.  What is clear is that the Chief Constables have to own this report and deliver on it.

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In this episode we consider the current state of policing in the UK and we make no apology of the fact that we think it’s bleak. Of course that’s just our opinion as are the suggestions we respectfully offer up to the new Prime Minister.

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Deptherary is a scuba diving charity that helps and assists British military veterans who have suffered physical and mental injuries whilst serving their country. It is fair to say that the work they do have saved lives which has been recognised world wide. Click here to view their website. 

In this episode we continue looking at the penal system and discuss whether the death penalty has a place in modern society. 

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In this episode we will be looking at prisons, what is their purpose and are they fit for the job?

The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel.

The Curtis Palmer Program is a charity set to help serving and retired police officers get back to a better place after suffering physical or mental injuries. Part of its ethos is always a little further and relies heavily on getting outdoors to improve our physical and mental health.

The charity is helping and supporting John Chart, a former London Firefighter who has MND and Lawrence East (Loz) who has stage 4 Pancreatic cancer. In a powerful and incredibly moving interview they describe living with their diagnosis and the impact a terminal illness has on them and their families. 

We also speak with Helen Barnet who suffered three major traumas as a Met police officer and Damien Isherwood (Ish), the CEO of Curtis Palmer who describes the charity, its aim and activities.

In this episode we will be looking at firearms officers, the training they receive, firearms incidents and the post incident procedure following a fatal shooting. We are joined by Darren Ware. Former soldier and police firearms officer and now a post incident manager with Lancashire Constabulary.

The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel.