S5 Ep1 - New year, fresh hope: What can policing expect in 2025?
As the saying goes, ‘No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.’ The first episode of a new year strikes an optimistic note as Cheshire Police Federation chairman, Jamie Thompson, and vi...
29 Jan 202528min
S4 Ep4 - Lucy Davies on how trauma and emotions affect police decision-making
Do emotions prompted by experiencing trauma impact police officer behaviour? It’s a question that Lucy Davies, a doctoral researcher for the Open University, intends to answer as part of a new study i...
29 Okt 202434min
S4 Ep3 - Critical friends in policing: Dan Price hopes to be one
In May of this year, Labour’s Dan Price was elected as the third Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire since the post’s creation in 2012. In this episode, he tells host Andrew Simpson how he inte...
8 Aug 202433min
S4 Ep2 - Being valued matters: why police say their mood is low
Every year, police officers are asked how they feel. And since the coronavirus pandemic, their answer has been the same: morale is lower than before. The Police Federation of England and Wales’ annual...
3 Mai 202437min
S4 Ep1 - It’s good to talk, especially if people want to listen
If you can communicate effectively, then engagement is more likely. Is that true? The Cheshire Police Federation podcast returns with a conversation about a word that has several meanings. Branch chai...
25 Mar 202434min
S3 Ep8 - Remembering Powelly, and the power of peer support in policing
How comforting is it to talk to somebody who empathises with the way you’re feeling? This episode explores the power of personal connection, and identifies how that can be applied practically to assis...
3 Jan 202436min
S3 Ep7 - On lending a helping hand, with Nantwich Buddies
One of the ways Cheshire Police Federation connects to the communities that its members serve is by supporting good causes. Branch chairman Jamie Thompson tells host Andrew Simpson why doing so gives ...
28 Nov 202328min
S3 Ep6 - Why fix what isn’t broken? With Dave Howard
Following a review this year, the Government has proposed that police officers suspected of gross misconduct should be sacked automatically if the allegation is proven. Chief constables, or other sen...
28 Sep 202327min
