After 30 years in Derbyshire, 49-year-old PC Jason Potts, a star of Channel 5's Traffic Cops, has finally signed off his radio for good. DerbyshireLive reported Jason joined the force at just 19, beginning as a regular police officer patrolling streets in a number of Derbyshire towns and villages.
But after serving with the Roads Policing Unit for 25 years, Jason has decided it's time to retire. He announced his retirement back in May with a statement discussing his history as a cop and how other people can be inspired to join specialist units.
He wrote: "There’s a role for everyone. I’ve found that I’ve worked on officer teams where we would call some of our colleagues the ‘thief takers’ and you know that they will do their best to arrest somebody if they know they’ve committed an offence.
