Before YouTube, before travel vlogs and social media , my life was steeped in a different kind of adventure. A life of crime, you could say, but just not in the way you might imagine. I was a police officer in the West Midlands, serving three decades in the force, serving on the front line, running crime prevention departments, and even popping up on the likes of BBC, ITV, and Sky News to share crime safety advice. If you’ve ever watched Fake Britain, you might even have seen me leading a raid! Those years taught me something I’ll never forget: how quickly things can go wrong when you’re not…