PolicingTV

Policing TV

Insight into the world of Policing in UK and globally. PolicingTV is a new online platform for video and audio content that aims to provide insightful interviews, debates, and analysis, on policing and criminal justice issues. Policing Insight, CoPaCC and World Class Policing Awards founder Bernard Rix started the project with the UK leg of his Policing Friendship Tour. PolicingTV is the sister site to https://policinginsight.com/ - with consistent values aligned to global, progressive, policing guiding the content development and the editorial approach. We will also feature a weekly Policing Insight series of interviews from Danny Shaw, Other areas to be covered include Policing in A Pandemic, International Policing, Education and Training. We aim to highlight best practice, reflect on the latest developments in policing, and tackle thorny issues with intelligent comment and insight. read less
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Policing TV Launch Podcast
Apr 4 2022
Policing TV Launch Podcast
Policing TV is a new online platform for video and audio content that aims to provide insightful interviews, debates, and analysis, on policing and criminal justice issues. Policing Insight, CoPaCC and World Class Policing Awards founder Bernard Rix started the project with his UK leg of his Policing Friendship Tour . It is the sister site to https://policinginsight.com/ - with consistent values  aligned to global, progressive, policing guiding content development and the editorial approach.  We have a "soft launch" site which can be seen here https://policing.tv , with official launch scheduled for week of 14th February.. We will start with the series “Manifesto for Change: Preventing Male Violence in Policing” with contributions from: Zoe Billingham, Paddy Tipping, Jane Monckton-Smith, Louise Mullany, Martin Hewitt, Louise Rolfe, Nazir Afzal, Nicole Jacobs, Mandu Reid & Baroness Helena Kennedy amongst many others We will also feature a weekly Policing Insight series of interviews from Danny Shaw, Policing TV’s editor. Other areas to be covered include Policing in A Pandemic, International Policing, Education and Training.  We aim to highlight best practice, reflect on the latest developments in policing, and tackle thorny issues with intelligent comment and insight. Access will be via registration (and in some instances subscription), with abridged versions being made available when appropriate. Policing.tv will be a key vehicle for policing leaders to get their messages into the public domain in, their own words, and reaching a global policing audience.

Episodes

The Thin Blue Mind: End of the Year Review
Dec 31 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: End of the Year Review
Welcome as we review the year in policing 2022.In partnership with Policing TV, the leading police media channel.
The Thin Blue Mind: Steve Bradshaw
Dec 21 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Steve Bradshaw
Steve Bradshaw is a recently retired Police Inspector. He has spent the majority of his policing career as a firearms officer before being promoted up the ranks where he became a Force Incident Manager, taking command of high risk critical incidents such as vehicle pursuits, firearms and major threats to the public. But he also led another life as a budding actor and now retired, is free to fully explore his new career. He has appeared in several series aired on ITV and Netflix and has also appeared in several well know soap dramas. Steve reflects on both careers and sees how they are not dissimilar. Steve’s acting name is Noah Burd, a name he was perhaps destined to own. Find out why.
The Thin Blue Mind: Lieutenant Colonel Will Meddings
Dec 12 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Lieutenant Colonel Will Meddings
In this episode we talk to Lieutenant Colonel Will Meddings, an infantry officer in the Royal Anglian Regiment. Throughout his career he has commanded soldiers on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in teams sizing  from a 12 man patrol fighting alongside the Afghan Army in Helmand, to a 100-strong company protecting advisors in Kabul. He now commands a battalion of 500 soldiers.In 2016 Will was one of the founders of the Centre for Army Leadership at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, a small organisation designed to improve leadership across the British Army. Around the same time he also set up The Army Leader, a leadership development website sharing practical leadership advice for junior leaders. It now has over 150,000 visitors a year.Will discusses the role of the Army leader and the delicate skill of balancing the task, the team and the individual and also discuss the differences between the armed services and the police. The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel.
The Thin Blue Mind: Wellbeing within the Police Service.
Dec 5 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Wellbeing within the Police Service.
In this episode we look at leadership and the associated topics of wellbeing within the police service.The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel
The Thin Blue Mind: Misdemeanours And Folklore
Nov 28 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Misdemeanours And Folklore
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.  The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel
The Thin Blue Mind: Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
Nov 22 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
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. The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel
The Thin Blue Mind: Richard Horton, Nightjack
Nov 14 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Richard Horton, Nightjack
Richard Horton began his career with a short spell in accountancy before joining the police. Serving in the east side of Lancashire he performed several duties before becoming a Detective, a role he dedicated himself to for more than twenty years. Moving back into uniform towards the end of his career he was a response Sergeant overseeing a team of young and eager police officers. But that isn’t the real story. Richard wrote an anonymous blog called The Night Jack in which he described the realities of policing. He won the Orwell prize for writing and donated his prize to police charities. You would have thought that would be a reason to celebrate, however The Times newspaper hacked into Richard’s emails and outed him as the author. Disciplinary action followed by his employer. Richard took the newspaper to court and eventually won his case. Richard looks back philosophically on events and we discover that it still hasn’t  dampened his love of writing.The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel
The Thin Blue Mind: HMIC "Bad practises within the UK Police Service"
Nov 7 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: HMIC "Bad practises within the UK Police Service"
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.The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Ex-DC Maggie Oliver
Nov 2 2022
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Ex-DC Maggie Oliver
Policing TV brings you a new Podcast from Award Winning author Iain DonnellyMaggie Oliver worked in serious crime investigations and helped to expose the serious sexual abuse of vulnerable children that had been going on for many years in Greater Manchester and most notably in Rochdale. Maggie eventually turned whistleblower in frustration that she was not being listened to, and ultimately decided to resign from the job she loved. She has become one of the most prominent campaigners against child sexual abuse in the UK, and she was the founder of the Maggie Oliver foundation.  Originally released on 21st September 2022
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Steve Donnelly
Nov 2 2022
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Steve Donnelly
Policing TV brings you a new Podcast from Award Winning author Iain DonnellyThis week was a very weird (but enjoyable) episode, because Iain interviewed Steve Donnelly, his brother. Steve did 15 years in the Met police doing a lot of difficult and dangerous jobs before retraining in law and becoming a successful criminal barrister. He followed the IRA as a surveillance officer and was one of Salman Rushdie's protection officers during the period of time when he was at a very high risk of assassination by the Iranian regime.First Aired Aug 22
The Thin Blue Line: Letter to the Prime Minister
Oct 31 2022
The Thin Blue Line: Letter to the Prime Minister
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.The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel
The Thin Blue Mind: Andy Rhodes
Oct 24 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Andy Rhodes
Andy Rhodes is the former Chief Constable of the Lancashire Constabulary and the national lead for wellbeing for the police services within England and Wales.Recorded over Christmas 2016 and in a remarkably candid interview he shares his vision of the future, where the police service is at the moment and some of his own battles that have shaped him into the leader he is today.A fascinating insight into a senior leader within senior management.References: www.strongyoungminds.org www.lancashire.police.ukThe "Buzz" mentioned in this podcast is an internal intranet chat board for the employee's of Lancashire Constabulary to share their views and discuss topics.The Thin Blue Mind podcast in association with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel.
The Thin Blue Mind: Trauma Informed Policing
Oct 17 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Trauma Informed Policing
The Lancashire Violence Reduction Network are a team of specialists from health, education, police, youth offending, probation, local government and social care who are working together to share best practices and connect services to tackle violent crime and its underlying causes.We talk to Detective Chief Superintendent Sue Clarke who is leading Lancashire Constabulary's initiative to tackle crime through a trauma informed approach. Joining Sue is Rose Latham and Daniel Wolstencroft, who through their lived experiences formed Empower the Invisible Project. Borne from the ideas of people with lived experience of childhood sexual abuse who wanted to change the lack of support and also the lack of understanding from some professionals about how trauma in childhood in particular childhood sexual abuse impacts on the life of those affected.
The Thin Blue Mind: Death Penalty
Oct 10 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Death Penalty
In this episode we continue looking at the penal system and discuss whether the death penalty has a place in modern society. The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Jason Roach
Oct 7 2022
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Jason Roach
Policing TV brings you a new Podcast from award winning author Iain Donnelly How do the best police officers think? Interview with Professor Jason Roach.First aired on 23rd May 2022
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Jaiye Warwick
Oct 3 2022
Tango Juliet Foxtrot Podcast: Jaiye Warwick
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
The Thin Blue Mind: Prisons
Oct 3 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Prisons
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 Thin Blue Mind: The Real Prime Suspect
Sep 26 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: The Real Prime Suspect
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.
The Thin Blue Mind: Firearms Incidents
Sep 20 2022
The Thin Blue Mind: Firearms Incidents
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.
Meeting PC Lee Broadbent, Chair, Greater Manchester Police Federation
Sep 13 2022
Meeting PC Lee Broadbent, Chair, Greater Manchester Police Federation
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.