Dave Sanders II - Episode 802

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 162 minutes

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Summary

Dave Sanders joined the police in 2001. He retired in January 2023 having spent his career in London in a variety of posts from foot patrol to public order units, serving the last ten years on Armed Response Vehicles as a team sergeant, operational firearms commander and firearms tactical advisor. In this second conversation, we discuss his personal experience of the Pandemic, fitness in law enforcement, the knife crime epidemic, firearms and the UK, domestic terrorism and so much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Behind the Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my absolute
0:04.6	honour to welcome back onto the show, London Armed Response Police Officer Dave Sanders.
0:11.5	Now, in episode 152, I sat down with Dave, but he was still working in uniform. We had an amazing
0:18.2	conversation, but obviously there were some areas that we couldn't
0:21.2	discuss. Well, Dave has since retired, so we came together again for a candid conversation
0:26.9	and discussed a host of areas. From guns and knife crime in the UK, police officer fitness,
0:33.7	community policing, branding of law enforcement, leadership, his own perspective of COVID in London,
0:41.2	and so much more.
0:42.9	Now before we get to this incredible conversation, as I say every week, please just take a moment.
0:47.9	Go to whichever app you listen to this on, subscribe to the show, leave feedback and leave a rating.
0:54.2	Every single five-star rating truly does elevate this podcast, therefore making it easier
0:59.8	for others to find.
1:01.3	And this is a free library of over 800 episodes now.
1:06.0	So all I ask in return is that you help share these incredible men and women's stories so I can get
1:12.9	them to every single person on planet Earth who needs to hear them. So with that being said,
1:19.1	I welcome back to the show, Dave Sanders. Enjoy.
1:23.6	Music. Enjoy.
1:46.7	Well, Dave, I want to say, firstly, congratulations on your retirement.
1:50.9	And secondly, welcome back to the Behind the Shield podcast.
1:52.9	Thank you so much.
1:54.4	It's an honor to be back.
1:57.0	I was waiting for you to work out that I'm actually a nobody.
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