Joe Carter (not his real name) spent over 20 years as an undercover officer, infiltrating criminal gangs. He wrote a book 'Undercover - A true story' about his experiences.

My 'shortest career in British Military history'......

Tango Juliet Foxtrot Audiobook - Chapter 1

 

TV cops vs Real-life cops

As promised, here is the first installment of my book.  The entire audiobook will be available in due course on Audible.

In this episode, I chat with Caroline Goode QPM. Caroline was the senior investigating officer for the investigation into the murder of Banaz Mahmod. Banaz was only 20 years old when she was killed by her father and other family members for leaving a violent, abusive, arranged marriage and starting a new relationship.

I really enjoyed talking to Caroline. We talked about her career and exchanged light-hearted reminiscences about her time in the Met, before the conversation took a much darker turn with her recollections of the murder investigation.

**Warning: This episode contains some very distressing content**

I thought it might be useful to address some of the many recent issues impacting the best job in the world that is quickly becoming the worst job in the world. I also give you some news about the TJF audiobook.

Sorry about the Anglo-Saxon swearing, but sometimes you need to say it as it is.

This week I explore the good, the bad and the ugly of the new direct-entry detective scheme by chatting with Tom Murray, who spent the best part of 40 years investigating crime, before becoming a mentor to the new cohorts of direct-entry detectives.

This scheme was created following a national shortage of detectives that was yet another unwelcome and destructive legacy of the Theresa May years as Home Secretary and Prime Minister.

The subject of current police training has attracted a lot of criticism, latterly...much of it from me! I thought it would be important to separate fact from fiction. Therefore, I had a chat with my old colleague Ron Winch, who is the course director for police trainees at Birmingham City University, helping to prepare police officers for what is hopefully a long and fruitful career.

This shorter episode deals with the shocking revelations of widespread misconduct in the Met since 2013 and a systematic failure to weed out bad officers.

 

https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/bcr/baroness-casey-review/

This week I have a really interesting chat with the very lovely Hannah Bailey from Blue Light Wellbeing. (https://www.bluelightwellbeing.uk). We talked about the most common reasons why police officers come to see Hannah for support with their mental health, and Hannah provided loads of great advice for anyone experiencing difficulties as well as managers who need to be aware of how they can support their staff.