From Nursery Practitioner to Metropolitan Police Officer: Kaelon Parkes Shares His Story

Episode notes

In this episode of Careers Unwrapped, host Mark Fawcett is joined by Kaelon Parkes, an officer in the London Metropolitan Police. Join them as they: Delve into Kaelon’s decision to join the police and his experiences on the beat Discuss what the Met. has done wrong and what it is doing right Highlight the different qualities that make a good police officer Outline how communication, empathy, and emotional intelligence often go underappreciated Dig into the ways Kaelon hopes to improve diversity with his outreach work And much more! Kaelon Parks has been with the London Metropolitan Police for over seven years. After joining through the initial police learning development program, he worked as a response officer in Lambeth and a dedicated ward officer in Southwark. He is now an outreach officer, finding and nurturing the next generation of police talent. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and review it on Apple Podcasts , Spotify and Google Podcasts , instructions on how to do this are here .