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PLOD - Police Law On Demand
The PLOD podcasts (Police Law on Demand) have been created by solicitors from 3D Solicitors in conversation with barristers from Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, bringing their extensive experience in advising police officers to an engaging, relevant and informative series of discussions about legal decisio...
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S7E4: Command of Armed Police Operations – Part 1
In this first part of a two-part podcast, Deborah Britstone of 3D Solicitors and John Beggs KC of Serjeants Inn Chambers discuss the command of police...

S7E5: Command of Armed Operations – Part 2
In the second part of this podcast, Deborah Britstone of 3D Solicitors and John Beggs KC of Serjeants Inn Chambers continue their exploration of the e...

S7E3: Sharing opinions – when is it wrong for a regulator to interfere with an individual's right to express their opinions and beliefs?
A psychologist, was accused of misconduct having retweeted and commented on social media posts which were critical of or disagreed with the Government...

S7E2: The 10 rules for being a successful police witness
Dijen Basu KC and Daniel Berke discuss how police officers can be more effective as witnesses in court, giving vital tips and insights on how to prepa...

S7E1: Expert Evidence in Police Misconduct Cases
Deborah Britstone of 3D Solicitors and Alexander dos Santos of Serjeants Inn Chambers discuss the presentation of expert evidence in police misconduct...

S6E8 - Can understanding personalities improve how police forces deliver services?
Ashley Boroda www.ashleyboroda.com is an expert in connectivity. He advises police forces and other organisations on how to understand differences in...

S6E7 - Reasonable expectation of privacy pre-charge
Daniel Berke and Aaron Rathmell discuss a Supreme Court Judgement in ZXC v Bloomberg which held that, in general, a person under criminal investigatio...

S6E6 - Relationships in the workplace for police officers
Daniel Berke and James Berry discuss guidance on workplace relationships when relationships should be declared, managing potential conflicts of intere...

S6E5 - When must police forces refer complaints to the Independent Office for Police Conduct
or Police Conduct – the IOPC - when the complaints engage certain mandatory criteria. Daniel Berke and Cecily White discuss the 2021 case of R (Rose)...

S6E4 - The investigative duty and 'historic' allegations
Frances McClenaghan and Deborah Britstone discuss the Supreme Court decision in Northern Ireland No 1,2 and 3 and the Human Rights Act 1998. The Supre...

S6E3 - Policing Twitter – update on Miller v College of Policing
Introduction: This is an update to Season 4 Episode 1.
George Thomas and Deborah Britstone discuss updates in R (Miller) v College of Po...

S6E2 - Can police officers make complaints about other officers?
Can police officers make complaints about officers? Can they raise conduct issues and what protections do they have as whistle-blowers? Daniel Berke o...

S6E1 - Child Protection Enquiries and s47 Children Act 1989
Deborah Britstone of 3D Solicitors and Joanne Kane of Serjeants Inn Chambers discuss the role of the police in enquiries under Section 47 of the Child...

S5E7 - Giving effective evidence – A guide for officers
Giving evidence can be intimidating and worrying. Daniel Berke met with Gerry Boyle QC to discuss the circumstances in which police officers may be re...

S5E6 - It’s not the act, it’s the cover up – Honesty and Professional Discipline
Honesty and integrity are traits that underpin the professions and the police. Professionals know that acts of dishonesty will almost always result in...

S5E5 - Private Bigotry, Public Discipline
Lauren Maires from 3D Solicitors and Dijen Basu QC discuss the case of a group of police officers who exchanged sexist, degrading, racist, antisemitic...

S5E4 - Discriminatory behaviour, misconduct charges and police misconduct hearings
Barrister Elliot Gold met with Lauren Maires of 3D Solicitors to discuss recent High Court cases concerning misconduct proceedings within the Police a...

S5E3 - The use of Taser and the Dalian Atkinson case
In this podcast, Deborah Britstone of 3D Solicitors and Hannah Hinton of Serjeants Inn Chambers discuss the recent trial of Benjamin Monk, who was con...

S5E2 - Statutory Public Inquiries & Salmon Letters
Receiving a letter to say that you may need to give evidence or provide evidence to a statutory public inquiry can be daunting for police officers – e...

S5E1 - Prayers, Pickets and Protests
Daniel Berke and George Thomas discuss the different powers contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to limit or prevent pr...

S4E8 - Principles which should be followed by investigators to avoid breaching Art. 2, Right to Life
Daniel Berke and Aaron Rathmell discuss the principles which should be applied to investigations to avoid breaches of Article 2, the right to life – f...

S4E7 - Criminal investigations in cases involving inhuman or degrading treatment or torture
Lawyers Daniel Berke and Aaron Rathmell discuss Y v Bulgaria where the European Court of Human Rights set out the minimum requirements for criminal in...

S4E6 - Holding data of people vulnerable to radicalisation
If concerns are raised that a person might be vulnerable to radicalisation, how long can a police force hold data about that person? Daniel Berke and...

S4E5 - Removal of clothing by police of (very) drunk detainees
Daniel Berke and Dijen Basu QC discuss the case of an arrested person who sought to establish “the liberty of inebriated English subjects to be allowe...

S4E4 - The Relevance of Insight in Misconduct Outcomes
If a professional person facing disciplinary proceedings disputes the misconduct allegations and continues to do so even after a finding of gross misc...

S4E3 - Automated Facial Recognition technology and the right to privacy – an update
Dijen Basu QC and Daniel Berke meet again to discuss the use of automated facial recognition technology by the police. AFR is capable of scanning 50 f...

S4E2 – Policing The Modern Slavery Act
Daniel Berke is joined by barrister Hannah Hinton to discuss the Modern Slavery Act with Debi Lloyd of Justice and Care, an international program that...

S4E1 – The Policing of Twitter
Deborah Britstone and George Thomas discuss a recent case arising out of the police response to someone tweeting his personal opinions about the trans...

S3E8 - WhatsApp groups and Misconduct Proceedings
Over the last year or so there have been a number of cases reported in the media where police officers have faced misconduct proceedings because of me...

S3E7 - Slavery and Trafficking Prevention and Risk Orders
In this podcast, Deborah Britstone and Hannah Hinton, barrister from Serjeants Inn Chambers discuss Slavery and Trafficking Prevention and Risk Orders...

S3E6 - Childcare Rules for separated Police Officers in Lockdown
Daniel Berke and family lawyer Katie McCann discuss the Covid-19 law and guidelines on childcare and access and what they mean for separated police of...

S3E5 - Panel's decision to impose Final Written Warning for racist remarks quashed by the High Court
Earlier this year, The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police successfully challenged a misconduct hearing panel's decision to impose a Final Written...

S3E4 - Bias and recusal submissions in police misconduct hearings
Lawyers Daniel Berke and Elizabeth Fox discuss a recent decision, where the High Court clearly affirmed that police misconduct hearing panels are able...

S3E3 - Necessity to arrest - a higher test
In an update to their Season 1 podcast on ‘necessity to arrest’, Daniel Berke and Elliot Gold discuss recent cases which suggest the bar is now set h...

S3E2 - Indefinite retention of DNA, fingerprints and photographs for minor offences
Lawyers Hannah Hinton and Daniel Berke discuss why the indefinite retention by the police of DNA profiles, fingerprints and photographs of persons con...

S3E1 - Forced Marriage Protection Orders
Forced marriage is illegal in the UK. Lawyers Elizabeth Fox and Daniel Berke discuss the approach to take in applying for forced marriage protection o...

S2E7 - A guide to divorce for police officers in lockdown
Divorce and family law related proceedings can be highly emotive, complex and very difficult for all involved. Where there are assets including pensi...

S2E6 - The Coronavirus Legislation
Coronavirus legislation and guidance has been introduced as part of a concerted effort across the whole of the UK to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. In...

S2E5 - COVID-19 Guidance and Police Misconduct Hearings.
The outbreak of Covid-19 has meant that we are all changing the way we work and making every effort to comply with social distancing guidance. In thi...

S2E4 - Ill health pensions and police injury awards
Jon Holl-Allen QC and solicitor Daniel Berke discuss the basis for entitlement to ill-health police pensions and police injury awards and explore dete...