The Beat Podcast from Staffordshire Police

About The Beat Podcast from Staffordshire Police

Ever wondered how the police go about keeping your county safe or do you ever just want to know why we make certain decisions? Staffordshire Police has introduced The Beat Podcast to help give you an insight into how we police and prevent crime in our beautiful county through the eyes of those on the front line.

Publisher

Staffordshire Police

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Sept 2020

Latest episode

15 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 25 episodes have a transcript.

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   15 Apr 2026

   Episode 25 - Following the digital footprints: Inside victim identification

   Do you know what a digital victim identification officer is? In this episode of The Beat, we go behind the scenes with our very own Digital Victim Identification Officer, Ashley Crowther, who is working at the forefront of online investigations. Ashley spends his days analysing digital media, such as photos and videos, to identify and safeguard victims of child sexual abuse and bring offenders to justice. He shares how he found his way into this specialist work and how the role has taken him ...

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   2 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 24 - Tackling Domestic Abuse: How One Man Rewrote His Story

   As part of our ‘change the story’ campaign, aimed at highlighting the impact of domestic violence and abuse, we are speaking to those who have been affected by DA, including those responsible, and people who work to support victims, perpetrators and their families. In this episode of The Beat, we speak to someone who once battled with his behaviour as he shares his honest reflections on what led to this, the turning point that made him seek help, and how completing a behaviour change program ...

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   11 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 23 - Breaking the Silence: A Family’s Fight for Justice

   In this episode of The Beat, we explore one of the most hidden and devastating forms of child sexual abuse: intra-familial abuse which is the abuse of children by those within their family network. You’ll hear from “Susan” (not her real name), a woman whose children were targeted by a paedophile posing as a partner to another family member. Susan shares how the truth began to surface after a brave disclosure from a child following a school sex education class, an admission that led to more vi...

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Episode 24 - Tackling Domestic Abuse: How One Man Rewrote His Story

Published 2 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And Nat, from your point of view then, does that kind of correlate with the types of programmes that you offer? Yeah, so we tend to do, we have one called Changing Direction, which is a one-day programme. Now that is for people who potentially are I suppose in that unknown area of, I don't know if this is for me, I don't know if I'm in the right place. So we can sometimes offer that one day course to give people a bit of a taster. We then have the 12 week healthy relationships program, which is the one that Steve completed, which is our sort of standard medium risk program I'd say probably the most popular one that we offer and then following on from that we do have a risk for people who need that more detailed support which sorry it's a 27 week they matter program and that is the higher risk program that requires the more detailed support When people get onto one of these programmes, what can they expect in terms of their learning? […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 6 / 100

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

Quality

1

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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