About

I was a serving front-line uniformed police officer for nearly 13 years, leaving at the rank of sergeant. I left to join academia in order to train and develop new student police officers, as well as allow additional time into research - especially within the area of police history which is my passion. 

Since 2021, I have been the editor of the Journal of the Police History Society which is published annually for members of the PHS. Back copies over five years old are available for free to everyone at Past Journals | PoliceHistorySociety 

I am the author of The Greatest Policeman: A Biography of Capt. Athelstan Popkess CBE, OStJ, Chief Constable of Nottingham City Police 1930 - 1959 (2020) London: Blue Lamp Books and The Sharp End: Murder, Violence and Knife Crime on Nottingham's Thin Blue Line (2022) Nottingham: Thin Blue Line Books

Teaching responsibilities

Delivering the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) to new student police officers on the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship Programme (PCDA) for both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Police

Research interests

• Policing History
• Knife Crime
• Stop and Search
• The Psychology of Policing

Membership of professional bodies

• Police History Society
• Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire
• Nottinghamshire Local History Association

Experience in industry

13 years as a front-line uniformed police officer, working on Emergency Response, Neighbourhoods, Pro-active 'Knife Crime Team' and Response Sergeant.

Additional interests and activities

Group Scout Leader, 1st Daybrook and Woodthorpe Scout Group

In the media

• Big Little Crimes - BBC One
• Corrupt officers’ cards are Marked: New Commissioner’s approach echoes a high-profile predecessor
• Policing Insight | Detection and diversion are more effective crime prevention approaches than harsh punishment
• Policing Insight | New Appointment By Met Commissioner Marks a Watershed Moment for UK Policing
• The chilling day the swastika flew beside the union jack - BBC News
• 'Walking Victorian Britain' Episode 3, 'Nottingham' - Channel 5
• Preventing male violence in policing (Ep5): Men - the solution - Policing TV
• Police Professional | In defence of the degree
• Police Professional | Misogyny: the importance of listening
• Police Professional | Pay gap

Recent publications

Andrews, T (2022) ‘Cops and clobbers’: an attempted “knock-out for politics” between inter-war Britain and Germany' Transactions of the Thoroton Society 126

Andrews, T. (2022) ‘Co-operation or unification: Is the future of police multi-agency working simply to become one agency?’, The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 

Andrews, T. (2021) 'The founding of Nottingham's 'New Police' Journal of the Police History Society 35 

Andrews, T. (2013) 'Crime & Corruption in the Early Police Force' Journal of the Police History Society 27