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8 Years of Bliss

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - April 05, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes
2002 and I'm working on the Americas Cup campaign and have the best job ever.  Syndicate, Hospitality and Super Yacht liaison officer...Blackheart campaign and all.  Then another few years working on squads that made me feel like a policeman again.  Threat Assessment Unit, Informant Management, ...
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Riot what Riot

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - March 25, 2022 03:00 - 28 minutes
The protest on parliament's lawn in New Zealand was another place where the police have been used as the face of the government and given, protesters, rioters, criminals and anybody else who has nothing better to do with their time, the opportunity to take their anger out on the people who joine...
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The Policeman Nest

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - March 02, 2022 03:00 - 27 minutes
I'd left the CIB and went back to my roots, a wooden top.  It was going well until I was responsible for a mans death.
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1999

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - February 18, 2022 03:00 - 28 minutes
Respite care sent was a result of not dealing with a previous breakdown in 1999.  I was still going to be useless after 2016 but at least I learned something.   Policing broke the camels back in 1999 but didn't do much to put me back on track.
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Ouch....Finally

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - December 21, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes
If I thought I was at rock bottom I was sadly mistaken as a night in respite care crippled my mind and sent me downwards until I could go down no further.
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My Own Darkness

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - December 06, 2021 21:00 - 22 minutes
With the euphoria of my daughters wedding over it was time to face the realities of life as a broken policeman and leave leave the job of uncovering what makes me tick to people who's job it is to uncover the frailties of an individual.
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Depression...."I Do"

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - November 24, 2021 21:00 - 31 minutes
Head injuries aren't what you expect when you leave the police.  They tend to be acquired while working in the job.  Anyway this episode covers an apology for the delay as apologies are the thing to do these days.  It also carries on and outlines my return to Auckland and dealing with my daughte...
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A Cuckoo or Not ??

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - November 13, 2021 23:00 - 19 minutes
A cuckoo or not ??...bloody oath I am.  Poor decision making by a person who should know better sends a policeman over the edge and into the dark hole called depression.
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Back to My Past

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - November 04, 2021 23:00 - 16 minutes
After the door to the police station closed behind me I was fucked.  The locking of the door behind me meant I was now on a collision course with depression and I wasn't going to come out of it very well. 
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A Compressed Mind

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - November 02, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes
33 years in the police did not prepare me for dealing with my own crash.  This episode outlines  my last day at work before I sough police in some pills
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Flown the Coup

One Flew Over the Policeman’s Nest - October 24, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes
An introduction of myself and some background about my British and New Zealand Police career.  An outline of what this Podcast will be about and what topics it will cover over the coming months.  And to explain that there is some truth in the term "The Jobs Fucked"
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