Best Andy Labrum Podcasts (2025)

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Ep.90 Transforming Young Lives with Protective Care Group 37:08

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Today I'm speaking with Abi and Louise from Protective Care Group. Protective Care Group (PCG) was founded from lived experience and a genuine passion to give robust, consistent and therapeutic care to young people across the UK who are extremely complex and display challenging behaviours. These behaviours are vast, but often include aggression, se…

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Ep.89 Why Fostering is such a Great Career Option with ex-cop and CEO Andy Robins of Affinity Fostering 52:46

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In this episode I am talking to Andy Robins. Andy who is director of Affinity Fostering Services. He’s a really nice guy and ex-cop. We talk about his policing career history and the why he left policing to go into the fostering services and working with a familymember. We talk all things fostering including what make a really good foster carer. Th…

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Ep.88 From Policing to Owning your own Family Law Legal Consultancy with Cheryl Thornley of Puzzle Piece Law 49:58

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In this episode I've got the absolute pleasure of talking to Cheryl Thornley. Cheryl is the director of Puzzle Piece Law, they are an independent legal consultancy that advises and support individuals on all family law matters that includes separation, divorce, child contact and access to education, including special educational needs. Cheryl is a …

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Bonus Episode ‘Need Mortgage or Insurance Advice? Introducing our trusted partners Frontline Financial Solutions - Mortgage and Insurance Advisors for the Emergency Services’ 45:36

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This bonus episode is taken from a Live Session that was held to introduce our partners Frontline Financial Solutions. I was deeply honoured to have Howard Reuben and Victoria Bennett join me on the session. Founded by Howard, Frontline are a division of HD Consultants. Offering advice on Mortgages, Insurance and Estate Planning (including a FREE b…

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Ep.87 Using Your Policing Skills to Create Your Own Destiny with Former Cop, Now Multiple Business Owner and Entrepreneur Eddie Whittingham 1:06:48

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In this episode I'm talking to Eddie Whittingham. I'm not going to give too much away; however, this is an incredible story. So inspirational. Eddie is a serial entrepreneur and he's a former cop and he's just gone on to do some amazing things. He talks us through his policing career and why he left and what he left to do and how he felt about leav…

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Ep.86 ‘Resilience and the Power of Reinvention with Ex-Cop Shirley Kennett’ 49:38

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In this episode I'm talking to an incredible human being, Shirley Kennett. Shirley is an ex-cop and a former police cadet like me, and she's gone on to do some incredible and amazing things. She talks about policing career and what caused her ill-health retirement, and then what she's gone on to from that point. She's doing some amazing things, and…

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Bonus Episode How to use your policing knowledge to short cut a degree with former cop and current University of West England lecturer 53:44

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This bonus episode is a Blue Light Leavers Live Session that that we ran with Dominic McVeigh. Dom is a former cop and is now a lecturer with the University of West England. The university starts is new course in September 2024 'The BSc(Hons) Applied Criminal Justice Top-Up degree' It is specifically designed to offer you the chance to gain academi…

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Ep.85 The Academy Live - Your Guide to the Ill-Health Retirement Process with John Edmunds 36:48

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This episode is an Academy Live Session that we ran with John Edmunds. Many of you will know, John is my right-hand man in the group. He really helps so much and does his utmostto keep me organised and on track. What you may not know is that John retired from the police as a result of ill health in 2022! Over the years, his mental health deteriorat…

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Ep.84 From Policing to Deputy Manager Unified Care Services with Paul Rowland 42:50

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In this episode, I'm talking with former police officer, Paul Rowland. Paul is a Deputy Manager in the care sector, predominantly caring for young people who are no longer within the family environment, whether through behaviour or because of specific learning requirements. Much of this is on a 1:1 basis and is incredibly rewarding and utilises so …

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Bonus Episode 'Why Franchising is Such a Great Business Opportunity' with Simon and Daniel 37:24

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In this episode, I'm talking with Simon Chicken who is the Event Director of the International Franchise Show being held at the Excel in London, on Fri 12th and Sat 13th April 2024, and Daniel McCarthy who is the Director of Business Development. Today we're talking about why franchising is a really good fit for cops, military and other emergency s…

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Ep.83 The Opportunities in Delivering Training with Tina Lazarus and former Cop Phil Melson. 36:52

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Tina is the owner of Safe and Sound, who are a First Aid Training provider. They also deliver health and safety training, conflict management and numerous other training programmes to public and private sector organisations.Phil is a former cop who's now delivering first aid training on behalf of Safe and Sound and in this episode, we talk through …

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Ep.82 Your ill-health Retirement Doesn't Have to be Your Forever with Simon and Angela Barry 1:07:40

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Welcome to Episode 82 of the Blue Light Leavers podcast. In this episode I'm talking to Simon and Angela Barry. In our first call, Simon really was genuinely pretty broken. He was lacking self-confidence, self-esteem, and he'd clearly been through a really tough time. They'd applied for a load of jobs with no success getting through to interviews, …

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Ep.81 The Academy Live - Sharing Success, Looking Forward and Setting Resolutions the Right Way 53:22

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Welcome to episode 81 of the Blue Light Leavers podcast which is a little bit different. This episode features Hannah Bailey, Fraser Bishop, John Edmunds and Andy Labrum. This is an audio recording of our first New Year, Livesession in ⁠The Blue Light Leavers Academy⁠, which is our low-costmonthly membership. In this session, we share the successes…

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Ep.80 From Policing to Investigative Consultancy and Training Provider with Sukie Madahar 1:05:22

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Ep.80 From Policing to Investigative Consultancy and Training Provider with Sukie Madahar Sukie is a former Detective Sergeant, and he is the founder of Swift Investigations Limited and Swift Edification. They offer specialist education and consultancy services and they also provide training courses to businesses globally and they're accredited to …

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Ep.79 Why So Many Police Officers Are Leaving - with Professor Sarah Charman and Dr Jemma Tyson 31:44

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Ep.79 Why So Many Police Officers Are Leaving - with Professor Sarah Charman and Dr Jemma Tyson. Professor Sarah Charman is a Professor of Criminology, and Dr Jemma Tyson, a senior lecturer in Criminology, both work at the University of Portsmouth. You may be aware that they conducted a study entitled ‘Voluntary resignations from the police service…

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Ep.78 From Policing to Senior Project Manager at Turner Townsend Consultancy with Josh Penwill 46:20

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From Policing to Senior Project Manager at Turner Townsend Consultancy. In this episode I talk to former firearms sergeant and 1:1 client of mine, Josh Penwill. In this interview, we talk about why he left policing, the steps we took to identify the type of roles and what was going to suit him best and his salary expectations, and we talk through t…

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Ep.77 From ill-health Retirement to Published Fiction Author Tracy Earle 46:58

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From ill-health Retirement to Published Fiction Author with Tracy Earl. Tracy is a former police officer who served for 26 years before having to retire through ill-health, due to a diagnosis of PTSD. She has since gone on to become a published author of a book called Darkness Rising in a series called Children of the Light and signed by a US publi…

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Ep.76 How Drones Are Creating Unmissable Career and Business Opportunities with Award-Winning Red Air Media 58:10

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Welcome to Ep. 76 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast. Hope you've all had a fantastic summer, despite the weather! We've had a few weeks away and we're back with an amazing interview with Jim Bishop and Gavin Crowther who are the founders of Red Air Media. Red Air Media are a specialist drone company, and they use drones for filming, surveys, photog…

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Ep.75 Understanding the Impact of Perimenopause and Menopause for Blue Light Professionals with Anna Allerton 1:00:12

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Welcome to Episode 75 of the Blue Light Leavers PodcastToday, I've got the absolute privilege of talking to Anna Allerton. As a former journalist and producer, she enjoyed a 17 year career at Sky Sports in varying senior roles with the most prominent in founding and producing the sportswomen program. An industry leader in women's sport journalism t…

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Ep.74 Your Transferable Skills with Recruitment Consultant Lewis Willcox of Investigo 33:58

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Welcome to Episode 74 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast So today I'm talking with Lewis Willcox. Lewis is a consultant with a really highly sought after, well known recruitment company called Investigo and deals predominantly with change and transformation programmes in policing, public sector and government organisations. He's really highly respec…

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Ep.73 The Academy Live Interview with Former Police Officer and WYWM Graduate Laura McKeeman 47:10

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Welcome to Episode 73 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Now, what we wanted to do was give you a bit of an insight into the type of live interviews we do within The Academy from Blue Light Leavers. The Academy is a no tie in, really low fee monthly membership, and we have loads of guest speakers, including lots of cops that have moved into new role…

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Ep.72 Another Collaboration - Socially Responsible Recruitment Collaboration with Andy Howe - Founder of CareerForces 37:06

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I'm incredibly proud to be able to announce another collaboration with a partner offering employment opportunities to Blue Light Leavers. Career Forces, is the brainchild of Military Veteran Andy Howe, who spent over 4 decades serving in the military and civil service. He and I met a few weeks back at an event organised by Forces Transition Group a…

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Ep.71 Coming to Terms with the end of Your Career with Former Manchester United and West Ham Footballer Luke Chadwick 52:21

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Welcome to Episode 71 of the Blue Light Leavers podcast. Luke Chadwick is a former professional footballer who made his mark as a talented midfielder during his time at Manchester United, going on to play for numerous clubs, including West Ham, Norwich City, MK Dons, Cambridge Utd and others. Known for his dedication and perseverance, he was hugely…

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Ep.70 From Police Officer to Business Owner and Founder of Super Simple Sleep with Amanda Whittaker 40:36

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Welcome to episode 70 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast In this episode, I've the absolute pleasure of talking with Amanda Whittaker. Amanda is the founder of Super Simple Sleep and the Baby Sleep Support Facebook Community. In the episode, she talks us through her policing career history and some of the challenges she had being, balancing being a …

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Ep.69 How to Become an Independent Consultant Delivering Safeguarding and Domestic Homicide Reviews with Donna Ohdedar 35:48

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Welcome to episode 69 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast In this episode, I'm incredibly honoured to be speaking with Donna Ohdedar. She's the Managing Director of Review Consulting, she's a keynote public speaker, she's previously been the Head of Law for a large Metropolitan Authority, she's a safeguarding advisor and mentor, and she delivers a Un…

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Ep.68 The Impact of Challenging and Changing a Toxic Police Culture with Gareth Keyte 1:05:06

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Welcome to episode 68 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Today, I've got the absolute pleasure of talking with Gareth Keyte. Gareth is a former Police Officer and Royal Marine Commando, and in this episode he talks us through his policing career where he reached the rank of Detective Inspector. Whilst serving, Gareth had identified a particular proc…

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Ep.67 FDM Group Career Path Graduate - Former Police Officer Jo Morris 43:08

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In this episode I'm talking with Jo Morris. Jo is a Blue Light Leavers community member and also a member of The Academy and she's a real success story. In the last episode we spoke to Jo, Jules and James with regards to our amazing collaboration with FDM Group and Jo is a former police officer who has been through their selection process and succe…

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Ep.66 A Brand New Full Career Path Collaboration with Ex-Forces Transition Experts FDM Group 48:08

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I'm incredibly proud to be able announce another collaboration with a partner offering a complete career path from policing into roles which include roles within the tech industry, Project Management, project support, business and data analysts and much more, alongside consultancy careers including sectors such as finance, education, media and ente…

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Ep.65 Your Misconduct Questions Answered and Your Rights Plus Pay and Conditions, Mental Health, and the Survey with Sergeant Phil Jones Police Federation National Conduct and Performance Lead 53:18

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Phil is the National Conduct and Performance Lead for the Police Federation of England and Wales In this episode, Phil talks us through the whole Misconduct and Gross Misconduct end to end processes. We cover all sorts of topics and answer a load of questions from members of the Blue Light Leavers Facebook group, covering everything from, what is M…

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Ep.64 From Policing to Creating Award Winning Businesses MyOhMy Weddings and MyOhMy Events with Lorna Reeves 43:00

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Please be aware, we cover the topic of suicide in this episode. Welcome to Episode 64 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Today, I've the absolute pleasure of talking with Lorna Reeves. Lorna is the founder of MyOhMy Wedding and MyOhMy Events and in this episode, we talk about her 15 years career in the police service as a Crime Scene Investigator th…

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Ep.63 From Policing to Managing Partner & Award Winning Security, Intelligence Investigations and Crisis Management Expert with Oli Laurence 38:18

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Welcome to Episode 63 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Today's guest is Oliver Laurence, who is a managing partner at ionasia, and an award-winning expert in security, intelligence, investigations and crisis management. In this interview, Oli shares his journey from policing, into the Security, Intelligence and Crisis Management sector. He discuss…

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Ep.62 You Don't Have to Follow the Usual Career Path with former Police Officer Nic Wells 51:46

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Welcome to Episode 62 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Nic is a former police officer who left policing after 14 years to move into the banking industry and after a few years in banking investigations, came to the realisation that she needed something that had much greater earning potential, was much more aligned with her personality, where she co…

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Bonus Episode - From UK Police to Policing in Western Australia with Haydn Farrow 41:46

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Welcome to the Special Bonus Episode of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Some of you who are a bit more eagle-eyed will have seen that Western Australia put an advert out advertising for international recruits, so basically, international transferees, and I was really fortunate to get contacted by someone who had a mate who did exactly that. Today's …

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Ep.61 Your Pension Questions Answered and Myth Busting with Rob Heath 3Nines Financial Planning 55:19

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Welcome to Episode 61 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Now, this one really is a bit special, and this is going to help a huge amount of people. Today, we're talking pensions and we're really fortunate to be speaking to Rob Heath. Rob is a former police officer who retired due to ill-health after 23 years' service, and he's now the lead financial …

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Ep.60 From Policing to Marketing Director with Jamie Stenton 49:40

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Welcome to Episode 60 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Today I'm talking to Jamie Stenton, who is a former police officer and now, Marketing Director of Lilac James, who are a Digital Marketing specialist agency. In this interview, we talked through Jamie's policing career and the roles, skills and experience he picked up in the way, and we also t…

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Ep.59 From Policing to Senior University Lecturer with Ian Grant 53:38

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Welcome to Episode 59 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Ian Grant is a former police officer who's now a Senior Lecturer at a very well-known and hugely respected University, having left school with no qualifications. He talks us through his police career, we talk about the conversations we had towards the end of his service and coming to terms wit…

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Ep.58 Transition, Lessons in Leadership and Business Ownership with Steve Thornton - CEO and Co-Founder of Motor Source Group 56:38

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Welcome to Episode 58 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast In this episode, I'm talking to Steve Thornton. Steve is a multiple business owner and he's the co-founder and CEO of 3 organisations including Motor Source Group and Forces Cars Direct. Now, you may have heard of them as they're trusted and preferred partners for NARPO and the Police Federati…

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EP.57 Raising Awareness of the Impact of Perinatal Mental Health with Sergeant Jen Sharpling 35:18

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Welcome to Episode 57 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast. Raising Awareness of the Impact of Perinatal Mental Health with Jen Sharpling Jen is a Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police and she's the National Lead for Perinatal Mental Health which is a workstream under the National Family Support Group. She runs the national team and does all she can to …

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EP.56 Finding Your Passion and New Career Through Major Adversity with Hannah Bailey 51:10

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Welcome to Episode 56 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast. Today I'm talking to Hannah Bailey. Hannah is a former police officer and is the founder of the Blue Light Wellbeing, she is a psychotherapist in Brain Working Recursive Therapy (BWRT), she's a Well-Being Life Coach, she holds qualifications in mindfulness-based stress reduction, counselling …

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EP.55 Return to Policing or Follow Your Heart with Sophie Leone 42:20

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Welcome to Episode 55 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast. Return to Policing or Follow Your Heart with former Police Officer Sophie Leone If you’re going on maternity/paternity leave or considering your options when your period of leave is up, then this is for you. If your partner is close to the point of returning to work after maternity or paterni…

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EP.54 Ignite Your Inner Potential with Kul Mahay 48:46

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Welcome to Episode 54 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast. Today I'm talking to Kul Mahay. Now, Kul is a genuine force of nature and inspirational leader. He completed 30 years in policing, reaching the rank of Temporary Chief Superintendent and since leaving in 2015, he's gone on to do some extraordinary things. He delivers leadership training to se…

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Ep.53 Taking Risks, Being Brave and What if it all Works Out with Justine Banks 51:47

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Welcome to Episode 53 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast. Now I'm sure if you're like me, there are certain times during your working life, where you come to a crossroads and need to make a decision about what you're going to do next. This episode will be particularly relevant for those of you that are considering a career break or have actually tak…

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Ep.52 A Misconduct Finding or Dismissal Doesn't Need to Define You 36:24

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This episode is a bit different, and some of you may find it a little challenging, and I really want you to please listen to this with an open mind. I get contacted very regularly by cops who are going through the disciplinary process, or who've been through the process and sanctioned in some way, or in fact, dismissed as a result of a Gross Miscon…

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Ep.51 From Policing to WithYouWithMe Programme Graduate with Samantha Gillison 44:24

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Building on the last episode with CEO and joint founder Tom Moore of the Tech company, WithYouWithMe, in today's episode, I'm speaking with a former police officer, Samantha Gillison. Samantha is a graduate of the WithYouWithMe programme and has an incredible new role as a result, and her experience of the programme, from skills profiling, through …

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Ep.50 Free Technology Career Training with Tom Moore the Founder of WithYouWithMe 59:12

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* FREE TECH CAREER TRAINING AND SKILLS PROFILING FOR BLL MEMBERS AND PODCAST LISTENERS * To celebrate the 50th episode of the Blue Light Leavers podcast which has just gone live, I'm incredibly proud and happy to announce that my guest on the episode, the co-founder of one of the fastest growing Start-Ups and Social Impact Companies in the world, T…

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Ep.49 From Policing to Investigations, Intelligence and Risk Advisory Specialist (Football Industry) with Neil Whitbread 57:46

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It feels so good to be back! New role means I have more time to do the stuff I love, including being back recording amazing podcast interviews to help guide and inspire you to find new careers, outside of the emergency services and prison service. In this episode, I'm talking to a former police officer, Neil Whitbread. Neil is incredibly honest abo…

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Ep.48 From Policing to Consultant Child Exploitation Project Manager with Nikki Holmes 48:12

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From Policing to Child Exploitation Project Manager with Nikki Holmes Now some of you may have noticed that the gap between episode 47 and 48 has been a bit longer than usual, and many of you will know I took on a new role at the end of March and it's a massive role and it's taken a lot of getting used to and getting my head round. We also have a b…

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Ep.47 Challenging the System with Rhona Malone 39:10

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Sexism Stops Here! Challenging the System!For anyone that's been through or going through the grievance procedure, an employment tribunal or ill-health retirement, you'll know how arduous a journey it is and the impact it has.Today I'm talking with Rhona Malone. Rhona is a former officer from Police Scotland and joined the job as a single mum of 3 …

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Ep.45 Surviving the Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack with former Sergeant Nick Bailey 59:06

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In this episode, I had the absolute honour of speaking with Nick Bailey. Nick is a former Wiltshire Police Detective Sergeant who was a victim of the Novichok nerve agent attack in Salisbury in March 2018. During this interview, Nick talks really openly and candidly about what occurred on that day, and the impact that it had on him and his family o…

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Ep.44 Karen Connell CEO of Hunter Protection 51:50

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Today, I'm talking with Karen Connell.Karen is the founder and CEO of Hunter Protection, she's a globally renowned consultant and advisor, with unrivalled expertise in the Security Sector. In this episode we talk about her upbringing and her corporate career and we talk about her experiences of having good and bad protection officers and being on t…