Chris Excell

Articles by: Chris Excell

Welfare, wellbeing and refreshments: The @WeCops discussion on the vital importance of taking a break

16th May 2017

Chris Excell, serving officer

OPINION: Officers taking a break have been in the news lately, with both positive and negative public responses. Serving officer Chris Excell summarises a recent @WeCops discussion on the vital need for officers to be able to take a break - publicly or privately - and the underlying issues of police welfare, stress and wellbeing in general.

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Chris is an officer with the Met Police. He currently serves as a Temporary Patrol Sergeant in Lambeth. He has spent most of his service working pan-London with London’s Operational Support Unit (TSG). He served on ‘The Group’ during the 2011 Riots and was first responder to the Apollo Theatre collapse (2012). More recently, he was also a first responder to the Westminster Terror Attack (2017).Chris was a ‘Police Now’ Syndicate Lead for Cohorts 1 and 2, responsible for the training and development of trainee officers on the pioneering program. Chris is heavily involved in voluntary work to support the families and colleagues of officers killed in the course of their duties. He is slowly building a network of officers across the UK who are likeminded and willing to assist with short notice ceremonial duties and pushing the importance of the cause within their home forces. Chris believes very much in looking after and protecting the team. It comes from both a military and sports background.