Chief Constable Andy Marsh QPM delivers the John Harris Memorial Lecture – the first in three years, and almost a year after he became Chief Executive of the College of Policing.

“It’s not what it was, is it?” harking back to a utopian period when resources were high, crime was low, the public universally loved us and the press blindly sang our praises. As with all utopias, it has never existed…..So what was The Job when I started in policing?

Well, I want to tell two stories from my early days which I think describe some of what The Job was, and shows that it’s not now what it was is it……. “

Transcript can be located here:

https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/2017/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/jhml2022.pdf