Officer’s ‘passion project’ highlights gambling risks that can compound trauma for frontline colleagues

23rd February 2026Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

Hertfordshire Constabulary Sergeant James Stopford, a full-time Police Federation of England and Wales representative, hopes a personal “passion project” to highlight the risks associated with gambling – which can have a devastating impact on those already affected by trauma – can help to raise awareness of the dangers among colleagues in his own force and others across the country, as he explained to Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons.

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