The Blue Light Leavers Podcast

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 process within his organisation that resulted in...

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 successfully passed the training, and she'...

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 entertainment, life sciences, local and national g...

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 Misconduct and Gross Misconduct, we talk about Fed...

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 through to a senior staff r...

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 discusses the skills he gained in frontline roles, predom...

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 could use her creativity, work to her strengths and...

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 episode is with Haydn Farrow. Haydn is a for...

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 advisor for 3nines Financial Planning...

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 talk about the tipping point when he r...

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 with that transition, along with the interview...

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 Federation , and I'm very proud to say that they are the...

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 ensure there's support for women and their...

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 PTSD, and Reconnective Healing. In this intervie...

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 paternity leave, this interview will give you a rea...

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 senior execs and organisations globally, helpi...

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 taken a career break and are maybe thinking about com...

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 Misconduct finding. I do take it on a case by case...

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 to training, finding employment and onboarding,...

* 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, Tom Moore, is offering free tech skills profiling a...

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 about the challenges he faced coming to terms w...

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 business interest outside of that which has n...

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 kids. She had a great career and really enjoyed...

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 over the coming weeks and months. We talk about hi...

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 the receiving end of good and poor practice and t...