A detective, an educator, a survivor

Georgina Bradley served for 26 years as a police officer and detective, working on successful teams investigating serious crime. She was awarded two Shrievalty awards in recognition of outstanding police work. In the final years of her career she served as a Rape and Sexual Offences Officer and as a Suicide Single Point of Contact for Buckinghamshire, two of the most demanding and sensitive roles in policing.

It is that career, and the experiences that came with it, that shapes everything Georgina does today.

Georgina is also a survivor of sexual violence. Assaulted in her early twenties at the start of her police career, she chose not to report it at the time. Years later she drew on that experience to support other victims, and she now speaks openly about it so that young people feel able to do the same. It is this rare combination of professional authority and lived experience that allows her to connect with audiences in a way few speakers can.

As a CID detective, Georgina once identified through her local community that a man was approaching children on their way to school across several towns and villages. She opened her own investigation, gathered evidence and built an intelligence package that led to his arrest. Already a convicted sex offender, he was remanded immediately and later given a custodial sentence. That experience led to her appointment as PSHE Governor at her local secondary school, where she began the talks that have since reached many hundreds of students.