Paul Maleary's Ex-Job Downloaded Podcast

Andy attended school in St Albans and his first job was as a milkman. In 1979 he joined the Metropolitan Police as a Cadet he then moved to the regular service and was working in Tottenham when Keith Blakelock lost his life during the riots. Andy was a member of St Albans Hockey club and went on to represent Gt Britain and played along England Hockey legends such as Sean Kerly and Ian Taylor who w...

Nigel was born in Wanstead. His father was an anaesthetist who had served with distinction in the the RAF. His family are Jewish with 3 of his 4 grandparents coming from Eastern Europe. His grandfathers milkman was Benny Hill! He is related to Naftali Imber who provided the lyrics to the Israeli national anthem and is unapologetically proud of his Jewish heritage. Nigel attended Bancroft’s school...

Ray joined Essex Police in 1976. He had previously worked as a trader at Lloyds of London. As a police officer he worked in a number of locations including Basildon and Grays. As a Detective Sergeant he worked at Chelmsford and was promoted to Inspector at Basildon where he started as a uniform Inspector but soon moved to CID when he became involved in the investigation relating to the murder of S...

Murray was born in Malta where his father was serving with the Royal Navy. Upon leaving the Navy Murray’s father joined Dorset Police and then transferred to Essex where Murray’s mother originally came from. Murray attended Southend High and on his own admission he did not do particularly well. Murray’s father gave clear direction that he was to either join then police or military. In 1972 Murray...

Christine Burke is currently residing in Wheaton Illinois. She was originally from Fort Lauderdale - Having attended college Christine decided to join the Police service having worked for the public defender. After serving in Florida Christine joined the Police service in Arizona. Christine worked as an undercover officer in Florida and took part in a 21 Jump Street operation. Christine discusses...

Nick Inge graduated in 1991 with a BA (Hons) Economics and in 1994, having travelled and worked overseas, joined the police. He soon developed an interest in plain clothes policing and a specialism in recruiting and handling informants. Initially this was working with informants who provided information about local crime but not long after specialised in serious crime and counter-terrorism policin...

Patrick was born in Boston his parents had emigrated from Galway. Patrick attended catholic schools and graduated from Boston College and Suffolk University Law School Patrick was commissioned to the US Navy via the Officer Candidate School - He served on the USS Blakely and was Boat Group Commander for Assault Craft Unit TWO In civilian life Patrick was the Assistant General Council, Suffolk Coun...

Jag Singh is a serving Leicestershire Officer. His family originate from the Punjab and moved to the UK in the 1960s. Jag`s Father had £3 on him when he arrived. Jag joined the police and has become the vice president of National Sikh Police Association Jag explains the purpose of the association, The importance of the turban and the principles of being a Sikh. The association maintain a social me...

Scott was born in Stirling and from an early age he showed an aptitude for playing the Bagpipes. At nearly 16 he had been into the Army recruitment office where he was keen to join the Royal Military Police. However, the Sgt informed him that the RMP were not recruiting. As luck would have it the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were and the fact that Scott plays the Bagpipes appeared to be a bon...

Leigh Norris is a serving Chief Inspector with Essex Police and in April he will be undertaking the Marathon des Sables - This race consists of ….. 250+ kms (156 miles) Six stages over seven days A long stage of 80+ kms (52+ miles) Self-sufficient, but with water rations and communal goats’ hair Berber tents supplied and pitched each night Temperatures of more than 50°C There are a number of motiv...

Dave Mangan is a former Lancashire Police officer who had previously served with the Royal Military Police. However he commenced his Police career in Cumbria. He met his wife at the Police treatment centre in Harrogate and as a result transferred to Lancashire. During his service he trained as a diver and carried out a role as a decompression chamber operator. his skills were utilised with those w...

Michael Walsh is a member of the Garda . He began his career in Dublin and undertook a number of roles. He moved to Templemore where he began a 10yr tenure as a trainer. He then moved to Galway where he is now the Crime Prevention Sergeant for the county of Galway . As a recruit he Joined the International Police Association and is now sits on the International Executive Board as Treasurer. Michae...

Phil Norton commenced his Police career in the Metropolitan Police as a cadet. He served at Canon Row and became a visible presence in central London. He recounts the day he was on duty when the bomb was detonated at Harrods by the IRA . He vividly discusses how he had to clear the road for a colleague to take the injured to the hospital. He attended Broadwater Farm in Tottenham an describes the s...

Paul Nicholls is a former Dog handler with Essex Police. He is originally from Chelmsford but comes from a family of Police officers. His grandfathers and father were also with Essex Police. Paul trained at Shotley and was posted to Harlow where he worked with a great team of characters. He was posted to "Rural Essex" where he had to use a repeater radio when speaking to control! After 13 years he...

Paul Mullaly served a distinguished career with Essex Police but at 24years took the jump to work with the brilliant Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth Football Club. Paul was the player liaison lead for the club and worked with superstars such as David James and Sol Campbell. He talks of the supporting side of Harry and Sandra Redknapp and how he witnessed the winning of the FA Cup first hand. Paul has...

Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, Jonathan grew up in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and attended King Ecgbert School in Sheffield. He has a passion for aeroplanes,becoming a pilot of both gliders and light aircraft, his favourite being the Cessna 172. When just eighteen, he left the UK to live on the border with Lebanon and Syria, where he was frequently caught up in air raids. His diary from t...

Richie originally lived in Brightlingsea he went through his schooling in this North East Essex Town. At the conclusion of his schooling he became an apprentice at Woods in Colchester. He continued his education at Colchester Institute. Richie wanted to pursue a career with the RAF, but was unsuccessful in the officer selection process. His feed back recommended certain aspects of improvement incl...

Simon Coxall was born at his grandmothers in Hereford, He migrated with his family back to their family home in Woodford. He comes from a family who had served in the wars. His grandfathers had been in WWI and his father had been awarded the DFC during the second world war having served in Bomber command. Simon’s father was in his 40s when he was born and describes his upbringing as traditional. &...

Mike Sutton led the RAF’s legendary 1(Fighter) Squadron into action against ISIS in 2015 and conducted what remains the first and only gun attack by a Typhoon against the enemy. An RAF fighter pilot for 18 years, he flew the Jaguar low level strike jet before becoming an instructor on the first RAF Typhoon multi-role attack squadron. During his time as a tactics instructor he conducted a live scra...

This preview of Mike Sutton OBE gives you a taster of the episode which is due for release on 16th January 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colin is a serving officer with Essex Police. He started his policing career with the Special Constabulary and joined as a regular in 2003. He has undertaken a number of roles, but his experiences dealing with fatal road collisions as a road scene manager has caused him significant issues which have been identified as PTSD. Listen to Colin`s story and how he is trying to deal with PTSD by immersin...

Andy Merry was born in Kent to a family of service personnel. His father had been in the Royal Navy and transferred to the Royal Marines. His mother was a Wren. Andy served in Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, Belize and Northern Ireland. He explains in detail what it feels to be in a life or death battle and how the failure of a grenade to detonate saved the lives of 6 Iraqi combatants. Following a dist...

Karen was born in 1966 to a Greek mother and a Chinese father. Her parents parted company and karen and her siblings went with their mother who eventually left them to fend for themselves. Karen was eventually re-united with her father who took custody and karen moved to Cheltenham where she was educated and brought. Karen's father was a Kung Fu Master, restauranteur and above all a loving father,...

As the lead singer of the politically and socially conscious Specials, Hall achieved U.K. fame and cult status through songs such as “Ghost Town,” “Gangsters” and “Too Much Too Young.” With Fun Boy Three he enjoyed chart success with the songs “Summertime” and the Bananarama featuring hits “‘Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)” and “Really Saying Something.” Born Terrence Edward Hall...

Simon Willett worked in agriculture before joining Essex Police. He loyally served without fear or favour for 30 years. His formative years in the Police were spent at Colchester in uniform until he joined CID where he found himself attached to a number of major investigations including Operation Apache. Apache was centred on corrupt practices by 2 serving Essex Police officers who were running an...