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Boozing Cyprus AWOL Squaddie Joins Drug Squad! #331

Posted on 27 March 202327 March 2023 by Chris Thrall

Boozing Cyprus AWOL Squaddie Joins Drug Squad, features Matt Trott, who has written an explosive book about life as an undercover policeman.

Boozing Cyprus AWOL Squaddie Joins Drug Squad!

Boozing Cyprus AWOL Squaddie Joins Drug Squad, features Matt Trott. He also known as Jack Dawe, a former soldier and police officer of 30 years service. He served with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and saw action in Cyprus and Northern Ireland. As an undercover British policeman, Matt infiltrated some of Britain’s most dangerous gangs. His highly rated book, ‘Hard Stop’, is a gritty account of his service in both the army and policeforce.

Transcript from ‘Boozing Cyprus AWOL Squaddie Joins Drug Squad’ podcast

Matt – When I first applied for the police, my application got shoved in the bin because of all the spelling and grammar mistakes. I never knew there were so many ways of saying, ‘there’. There’s a lot of people who are like that and t’s just the way it is. People didn’t get great educations when they were younger, so I had to reteach myself with English or maths and all that. Back then, having no qualifications didn’t stop me getting into places, you just had to do an entrance exam. I persevered, took ownership and worked my way through that and did the exam. I passed it so then it was on to the next phase where you have role plays and you assessed on how you deal with situations in a group.

Then it was an interview and then you do 15 weeks training. It’s like a military camp, only it’s a police one and we did our 15 weeks training there where you learned more. You did a bit of fitness, a swimming test and life-saving, but I wouldn’t say it was hard.

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Scotland Yard’s Toughest Undercover Cop | ‘Hunted’ | #126

Posted on 19 January 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Scotland Yard’s Toughest Undercover Cop, features Peter Bleksley, a former New Scotland Yard detective. As featured on Channel 4’s, ‘The Hunted’.

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Scotland Yard’s Toughest Undercover Cop

Peter Bleksley is a former New Scotland Yard detective, presenter and author. Viewers of New Scotland Yard Files will most likely recognise him as the ‘The Chief’ on Channel 4’s Hunted from 2015 until 2019. Bleksley joined the Metropolitan Police force in 1978 and his first posting was to Peckham police station in South London. A decade later, he went on to create the Scotland Yard’s Undercover SO10 unit.

Transcript snippet from ‘Scotland Yard’s Toughest Undercover Cop’ podcast

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C – Peter, how are you Sir?

P – I’m very good thank you and perhaps I should say knowing what mental health means to you, in these challenging times. It’s also a passion of mine after having a couple of catastrophic breakdowns myself in my lifetime. How are you today?

C – Yes, I’m ok Peter, I have my system. The system that’s taken me fifty one years to learn. It sees me through thick and thin. It’s not to say it’s not an awful time. It’s more awful for some than others obviously, and it’s going to be fatal to many others. My real concern isn’t the people who have had a bit of a blast on the plant but the children and where their futures going. The freedoms that I experienced growing up being able to fly around the world and get drunk in eighty five different countries. All of that is being taken away from them. Anyway I said I wasn’t going to get political and I have to play by Youtube’s rules…

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Undercover Cop Exposes UK Gang Truth | Neil Woods | #131

Posted on 18 January 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Undercover Cop Exposes UK Gang Truth, features Neil Woods, one of the UK’s most notorious undercover cops as he exposes the truth about UK gang culture.

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Undercover Cop Exposes UK Gang Truth

One of the UK’s most notorious undercover cops exposes the truth about UK gang culture and the battle he faced in the aftermath.

Transcript snippet from ‘Undercover Cop Exposes UK Gang Truth | Neil Woods’ podcast

Chris and Neil

C – Hi everyone, glad you could join us for this episode with Neil Woods, as he has a fantastic story as one of the most successful undercover policeman this country has had. I’m privileged to know two former undercover police detectives, one of which has had to overcome some huge issues with trauma. I also had Peter Blexley on the show who speaks very, very highly of Neil being one of the countries leading detectives. So thank you on behalf of the podcast Neil, shall we go back to when you first joined to police force, which I’ve just been reading about.

N – Yeah if you’d like. I joined the police in 1989. The reason I did that, seeing as I didn’t have a boyhood ambition to join the police force. I wasn’t one of these people that always wanted to do it. I went to university by mistake, why I ever thought I was going to enjoy a business studies course, I’ve no idea! So I dropped out of that and considered what to do next, one of which was to backpack around Europe because a few friends had done that and it sounded adventurous. Then I saw an advert for the police in the newspaper and unable to make my mind up I flipped a coin. So I was literally flippant about my career choice. Then when I got into the police force I did feel that sense of duty, that I had to do a good job, but I was crap at it! I was no good at all, I almost lost my job several times in the first couple of years.