Hampshire Police Superintendent Bel Berry leads the College of Policing’s Aspire leadership development programme, which provides knowledge, tools, confidence and skills for senior police leaders who identify as being from a group currently underrepresented in the police service.

In the third of three PolicingTV videos recorded with Bel, she meets Rosie Waterhouse, with PolicingTV for work experience at the time of this recording, for a discussion that starts with the impact of the College of Policing’s Aspire Programme. Rosie then moves on to seek Bel’s advice for young women starting their career – specifically, how young women might best address the challenges that they might face in embarking on currently “male dominated” careers. They explore Bel’s thoughts on the findings of the Casey Review, which looked at the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police, before Rosie asks Bel what advice she might now offer her younger self.

Bel was recently recognised with the British Association for Women in Policing’s (BAWP’s) Coaching and Mentoring Award. Rosie asks Bel about her feelings on receipt of the award, and also about her other proudest moments from her police career.