Years in service: 26 Age at joining: 20 From Police Officer to Police Sergeant in our Roads Policing department, we recently caught up with our colleague Mark Scully about how he is realising his potential in policing. Is this the path you expected to take in your career? I took and interest in Roads Policing …
As the first ever female Sergeant for the JOU (Joint Operations Unit) Dog Support Unit, Emma has been at TVP for nearly 20 years and had long held ambitions of becoming a Police Dog Handler. We recently had a chat with Emma about her career. Length of service: 20 years (in November) Age of joining: …
Special Constable Alex Birkenshaw, 25, has been working as a Special Constable for one year, alongside being an Assistant Buyer at Asos. We caught up with Alex to find out more about her journey. Your day job and being a Special are quite different! Was there anything in particular that inspired you to join policing? …
Special Constable Gemma Norville has been volunteering in policing for over five years. Gemma always wanted to join policing but had developed a career, and being a Special allowed her to do both. Gemma, what encouraged you to join as a Special? In my day job, I work as the Head of Technical & Operations …
Like many of our community members, many TVP colleagues are celebrating Ramadan this month. We recently spoke with PC Misbah Ali and PC Shaharyar (Shah) Khan to learn more about how they are managing Ramadan alongside their policing careers. What does the month of Ramadan mean to you? Misbah: The Holy month of Ramadan means …
Detective Sergeant Tom Barcham has been in policing since 2005 after leaving the RAF in 2002. Tom, why did you decide to join policing after leaving the RAF? My role in the military was the RAF police; I always wanted to serve in the military and the police and had a sense of wanting to …
PC Jacob Taylor-Abreu joined policing in 2019 after 4 years of military service. He currently works as a response officer dealing with 999 and 101 shouts. Why did you want to join the police? After leaving the army, I still wanted work in a uniformed role and was instantly drawn to the police. After leaving …
This year, in celebration of Mother’s Day, we asked two of our colleagues, Kelly Glister, Detective Chief Inspector – Crime Manager for Cherwell and West Oxfordshire Local Policing Area (LPA), and Joanne Hutchings, Deputy Commander for Cherwell and West Oxfordshire Local Policing Area (LPA), what’s it like to be a Mum with a career in …
PCSO Ajay I-Beauchamp is one of our new Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). We caught up with Ajay to learn more about his journey and how he is finding his training so far. Ajay, what attracted you to policing? I had always looked at working in an emergency service and looked directly into the pathways …
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