8. Bex McDaid - Bench Talk with Jo Hilditch

Today Jo is talking to Bex McDaid. Although Bex looks as though she should be in Line Of Duty, she’s actually a real life Sergeant with the Safer Neighbourhood Team for the Hereford West Mercia Police. Although Bex was not born in Herefordshire, she finds herself embedded in our beautiful county and together with her colleagues she bonds her community with the police as best she can. She never actually wanted to be a police officer, but once she found herself in the family of the police, she never turned back. (Her career started as a call handler then a Police Community Support office, then a Staff Investigator before being promoted into her current position.) Although not a volunteer, Bex goes the extra mile, her commitment to the force, despite some challenges along the way she exemplifies how being a member of the Police Force is a proper vocation – it’s really not just about the money.

Our bench today is in the carpark of the Hereford Police Station in Gaol Street where we hear seagulls, Bex’s radio, street noises, traffic and the occasional police siren.

References:

South Wye Boxing club/Hinton Community Centre https://m.facebook.com/southwyepoliceboxingacademy/photos/a.404098463100050/1292235454286342/?type=3&source=44

Hinton Community Centre https://www.hintoncommunitycentre.org.uk

The Courtyard https://courtyard.org.uk

The Royal National College for the Blind https://www.rnc.ac.uk

Dinedor Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinedor_Hill or https://dinedorparishcouncil.org.uk/the-parish/parish-history/

Jo’s British Cassis! - https://www.whiteherondrinks.co.uk

The Kilpeck Inn - https://kilpeckinn.com

Hereford Cathedral - https://www.herefordcathedral.org

Church Street Hereford - http://www.churchstreethereford.co.uk

The Knife Angel Sculpture - https://www.britishironworkcentre.co.uk/show-areas/the-knife-angel-official/the-knife-angel-uk-tour or https://knifeangelhereford.co.uk

Hereford New University - https://nmite.ac.uk