George is recognisable to Channel 4 audiences for his role in Hunted & Celebrity Hunted. Utilising his skills as a former senior Detective in the Metropolitan Police Service to track down fugitives.
George joined the police force at 16 as a Police Cadet, at a time of growing conflict between the police and the black community. He was one of the very few black policemen in the force. Over 31 years George worked in all areas of policing. As a uniform officer he was at the 1981 Brixton Riots and preceding the riots George policed the New Cross march across Blackfriars Bridge where he was seriously injured.
George went on to be a Detective Inspector, head of a specialist unit in the Serious and Organised Crime Command, based at New Scotland Yard. During the rise of 'Black on Black' crime in London George attended murder/crime scenes, interviews and worked as family liaison. As a result of the racial murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, George worked closely with the Lawrence family and then at the highest level, trained UK's Senior Investigating Officers and Chiefs of Police in investigating racially motivated crimes, police perceptions and behaviour, media appeals and dealing with grieving families.
George also worked as a Hostage and Crisis Negotiator, dealing with kidnap & ransom cases.
Whilst in the police George also designed and managed a youth empowerment programme in the London Borough of Westminster, Hackney and Haringey. George also established the Black Police Association and drove diversity change throughout the police service. He won several awards for this innovative programme, which is now established in the police service as a community strategy to connect with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. George consistently boxed competitively for the British Police Boxing Team.
Since his retirement from the Met, George went on to work in the USA for the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (INLA). George was selected by the INLA as Team Leader of an international team of law enforcement experts to work on sensitive matters in Mexico. George received a commendation for his work from the US Secret Service.

** A Word Of Caution Please be aware some this episode contains descriptions of racial abuse, racist language, descriptions of self-harm and bullying and at around 1 hour and 40 minutes there is some description of the 7/7 bombings that some listeners may find upsetting. I'll jump in and give you a heads up before that section**

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