With thanks to my friend and former colleague, Dorothy Williamson – ex SO13 – for this amusing tale based on the current project to re-enlist former detectives into the ranks of the Met. Former DI Jack Regan and retired DS George Carter have answered the call for retired Detectives to return to the Met to… Read more

Originally posted on kobainuk: This is a personal blog and as I type this I’m not yet sure if I’ll end up hitting the publish button.? Mental health is becoming a big part of modern Policing. It’s being recognised that the job we do and the stresses, strains and trauma that come from the job… Read more

By now, many will have seen the video of a PC wrestling on the floor of a shop with a young man called Rashan Charles. It’s ugly, violent, and makes for unpleasant viewing. For several years, I was the duty Inspector at Stoke Newington police station in North London, where this took place and where,… Read more

  At 6’3″ and 16 stone, I was always going to be a forward. I’m talking rugby football here, of course. But appearing in the front row was always for shorter, stockier lads. I was always second row, sometimes at No.8. So, when a call came through about appearing on Front Row, I was a… Read more

With 2017 Bristol Crimefest around the corner, I’ve been reflecting on my first attendance at this amazing event. As 2016 dawned, I had never heard of Crimefest so when Orenda Books publisher, Karen Sullivan asked me to attend and take part in a couple of interview panels, I really had no idea what I was signing… Read more

Not a long past, but an event like this is something I just had to share. Yesterday, for the first time, I was featured in the Sunday Times. A very nice journalist called Leaf Arbuthnot came all the way from London to interview me here in Wales. We talked about the process by which I… Read more