Alexander Seery a former detention custody officer for the Nottinghamshire Police Force over four years, is the best-selling author of ‘Police Officer to Entrepreneur’, published by Rethink Press. The book outlines how former and current serving officers can gain the necessary business skills in establishing their own business. Alexander explains within his book that many conversations between officers in the force were surrounding their pension schemes.
Part one of ‘Police Officer to Entrepreneur’ titled ‘The Entrepreneur in You’ outlines how officers said that their pensions kept them “handcuffed to the job”. Alexander explains that there are three main problems that police officers faced within their role; a lack of time, an undervalued feeling and unstable mental...