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Episode: Ex Flying squad officer who beat alcohol and stigma.
Description: Jackie Malton was openly gay from an early age. As a result her character was put to the test when she joined Leicestershire Police and subsequently the Metropolitan Police. She rose through the ranks and became a member of the renowned “Flying Squad.”Passionate about her job and dealing with all the pressures that entailed she increasingly felt ashamed and she turned to alcohol to cope. It was a chance encounter with a street drinker that would change her life forever.As a thief taker she came to understand the villains she arrested and ultimately beca...