SFQ Podcast
1) From Pro Football Player to Polis - Retd Supt Andy Murdoch
When Andy Murdoch went from professional football player to polis his club, Partick Thistle, tried to get the police to pay a £50k transfer fee! Strangely enough, Strathclyde Police insisted on a free...Show More
2) Angela Blair - The World of Productions
The SFQ podcast speaks to its first member of police staff - Angela Blair, formerly National Productions Manager with Police Scotland. What are productions? Basically, all the property that gets seize...Show More
3) Andy Brown - Retd Chief Inspector
Hear how Retired Chief Inspector Andy Brown went from a career in the highlands of Scotland to successfully negotiating a hostage release with the Taliban as part of his work with the Jesuit Brotherho...Show More
4) Jonathan Wender
Hear how Jonathan Wender went from a 20 year career as a 'philosopher cop' in Washington to leading academic on the subject of police-public communication. He describes his groundbreaking work using A...Show More
5) DC Stuart Hall (Retd) - The Emma Caldwell Murder
Former Strathclyde Police/Police Scotland detective Stuart Hall describes how he discovered the identity of the murderer of Emma Caldwell in 2005 and how this derailed his career when he went against ...Show More
6) Dr Martin Gallagher (part 2)
Join me for the second part of my chat with former Police Scotland superintendent and terrorism expert Dr Martin Gallagher. In this episode, we discuss what causes people to take part in terrorist act...Show More
7) Dr Martin Gallagher (part 1)
Why do people become terrorists? Former Police Scotland superintendent, Martin Gallagher, has become an expert on this subject, publishing his book 'Terror for Profit' earlier this year. In this episo...Show More
8) Scott Williamson (part 2)
What happens when someone dies as a result of the police use of force?Following on from the previous episode, former Police Scotland Chief Firearms Instructor, Scott Williamson, discusses post inciden...Show More
9) Scott Williamson - Chief Firearms Instructor
From his first operational incident at the scene of the Dunblane Primary School shooting, to his final post as Chief Firearms Officer for Police Scotland, firearms have bookmarked Scott Williamson's p...Show More
10) Rachel Rogers - Psychological Therapist (part 2)
In this episode we hear more from psychological therapist Rachel Rogers about her plans for future work in the sphere of police mental health and a brief discussion regarding Eye Movement Desensitisat...Show More