With over 19 years of service, Detective Constable (DC) Lynda Stearman spoke to us recently about her career, being a Family Liaison officer, and why being a Detective is one of the best roles in policing. Age at joining: 38 Length of Service: 19 years What attracted you to policing? After taking redundancy from British …
At the end of September we were happy to host a team from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) who spent the day interviewing some of our military veterans at HQ South in Kidlington before heading over to Maidenhead to meet some of our officers and experiencing a ride along with one of our ICR …
Role: Detective Sergeant (DS) Michael Earle, Domestic Abuse Investigation Unit (DAIU) Age at joining: 23 (PC) Length in service: 14 years; I initially spent 3.5 years as a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), I then became a Police Officer and worked in an investigative role, and over the last 5 years I’ve been in a …
If you’re a fan of Luther, Morse, Broadchurch, Vera, Scott & Bailey, and the ever-growing list of British detective television programmes, we expect that you’ll have certain preconceptions of what working as a Detective entails. We recently had a catch up with Jen who works as a Detective in TVP’s Major Crime Unit to give …
In a world where legacies are often associated with wealth or power, there exists a policing legacy of a different kind – a legacy of service to the community, of safeguarding and protecting those in need. This legacy is about to pass to a third generation of the Wise family, who has been protecting our …
Role: Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Length of service: 16.5 years What attracted you to policing, and specifically the PCSO role? I was working in a particularly monotonous and predictable sales admin/customer services role when a Police Officer friend of mine suggested the PCSO role. The variety and scope to take ownership of community issues …
Rich joined TVP in December 2019 on our 999/101 Emergency Service Contact Handling Apprenticeship. With the help of TVP, he has achieved his Functional Skills Level 2 qualification (equivalent to GCSE grade 4), and was also supported throughout the process of being formally diagnosed with dyslexia. With the new skills and knowledge his apprenticeship taught …
Length of Service: 25 years Becoming a Reporting Fingerprint Identification Officer (RFIO) When I joined TVP I didn’t really know much about forensics, it was before the television show ‘CSI’ made the whole subject really popular. I was looking for a job that was a bit different every day as I had been working on …
On 1 April 2023, Jason Hogg became our Chief Constable here at Thames Valley Police (TVP), following four years as Deputy Chief Constable. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I grew up in Hartlepool. This was a deprived area with a lot of crime. I worked hard and was fortunate enough to …