FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

I’m Andy Oldham. I’ve spent more than 30 years in UK policing, and I use that experience to help you make police scenes feel real on page and on screen.

I bring over 30 years of recent, hands-on UK policing experience to the table. That means I can help you make your scenes feel believable, from procedure and language to behaviour and those tiny details viewers notice straight away. It’s all about getting the authenticity right without flattening the drama.

I love the business of making film and TV, especially drama.After years in policing, I wanted to put that experience to use in a different way and for me, working in film and television seemed like the ideal choice: I love a compelling story, and I know how much difference the right detail can make. I get to help productions tell the story they want to tell while making the policing feel real.

I set up The Police Advisor in 2021, while I was still serving as a police officer. I retired from the police in 2023, but the advisory work had already begun. So although I’m a former officer now, I didn’t wait until retirement to start working with productions.

I spent over 30 years in UK policing, starting as a volunteer Special Constable with Surrey Police in 1991. I became a full-time officer in 2004, later transferred to the Metropolitan Police, and retired in 2023. That gave me experience of everything from answering 999 calls to supervising response teams and commanding firearms operations.