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Policing TV brings you a new Podcast from award winning author Iain Donnelly 

Jaiye Warwick-Saunders was the first openly gay black officer in the Met. What could possibly go wrong? Jaiye describes his career in this episode.

First aired on 11th July 2022

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.

In a break from the usual discussions Dave Thomas speaks to Jackie Malton, a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men. She became the model for Lynda La Plant’s character DI Jane Tennison. Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying squad before rising to become one of only three female detective chief inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. In The Real Prime Suspect, Malton describes the struggles she faced as a gay woman in the Metropolitan Police, where sexism and homophobia were rife.

She is joined by former Detective Chief Superintendent Sue Clarke. Both women, cut from the same cloth but from different generations. They compare their own experiences of policing. Often funny, sometimes sad but never with regret. 

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

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.

On Sunday 18th September 2022, it will be ten years since Greater Manchester Police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone were murdered in a gun and grenade ambush after they were lured to a house in Manchester, in response to a false report of a burglary. 

As part of his Policing Friendship Tour, Policing Insight and PolicingTV Publisher recently met Greater Manchester Police Federation Chair Lee Broadbent, to remember those two officers. Bernard and Lee also discuss the broader challenges of frontline policing, the impact of police pension changes on officer morale, and the state of play in Greater Manchester Police under a relatively new Chief Constable.  

In this episode we will be looking at the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner or PCC. Brought in to replace the old police authorities and make Chief Constables more accountable. But has it worked? We will be looking at this and providing our opinions.

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

In this episode we look at the subject of police pursuits and how they could infringe the offences of careless and dangerous driving. There is currently no exemption in law to these offences and no account is taken of police driver training and the higher standards they drive to.

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

In this episode Dave Thomas speaks with the then CEO of the college of policing Mike Cunningham. Recorded a while back just prior to his retirement, Mike is in reflective mood as he looks back on his career.

In this week's NightJack piece, Richard Horton reflects on unexpected good news from the front line and how police uniform has changed beyond recognition over three decades.

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

In this episode we will be looking at the recently published HMICFRS report looking at the police’s poor  response to serious acquisitive crime. We will be taking apart it’s findings and debating why everything can’t be a priority.

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