Police Life: The Experts

About Police Life: The Experts

Go deeper into the world of Victoria Police with our multi-season podcast series, Police Life: The Experts. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible work and stories of our police, detectives, forensic scientists and more as they use their expertise to keep Victoria safe and bring offenders to justice. Join us as we shine a light on our people and their extraordinary skills. Learn more about the work of Victoria Police at police.vic.gov.au

Publisher

Victoria Police

Category

true crime

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

13 Feb 2024

Latest episode

16 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

24 of 25 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Justice for James

   Twenty-year-old James Donnelly is walking home from a party when he is hit and killed by a car, with the driver fleeing the scene. There are no witnesses and all that is left at the scene are some small fragments of the car, but that's all that two investigators need to hunt the killer, find answers for a grieving family and help change Victorian law forever. For more information about Victoria Police, go to police.vic.gov.au

2. 

   9 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A missing man's long road home

   Detectives investigate a 35-year-old cold case of missing Robert Mather, pursuing every lead until they finally bring him home and solve the mystery.

3. 

   2 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Port Arthur siege

   Victoria Police Special Operations Group members recount their experience assisting Tasmania Police during the Port Arthur siege, detailing the events of that tragic day.

Inside a recent episode

Justice for James

Published 16 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so then you start to sort of think through, well, was the driver drug or alcohol affected? Were they tired? Were they on their phone? We did a lot of work to work through how much site distance the driver would have. So we did lots of sort of reconstructions of driving a car through with various marker boards of the actual distance to clearly show that at the speed that he was struck, the driver would have had quite a substantial amount of time in order to see James and actually take some action and avoid him. And what we're able to work through was that James would have been clearly visible for between 125 metres before he was actually struck. […]

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

167 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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