True Blue Conversations - Drugs, Guns, Lies QPS Police Veteran Author Keith Banks

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> In this week’s Podcast Adam sits down </span><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Keith Banks, who is one of Queensland's most decorated police officers, a recipient of the Bravery Medal and twice awarded the prestigious Queensland Police Valour Award medal, among other honours. He is a passionate advocate for changing the way mental health is regarded, discussed, and supported. Keith is the bestselling author of two autobiographical books which document his experiences as a Queensland police officer, firstly as an undercover operative and then as a tactical special weapons cop.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Keith joined the Police Force in 1975 and resigned in 1995. He joined as an idealistic seventeen-year-old and embarked on a career encompassing twenty years of deep undercover work, criminal investigation, special weapons, bomb disposal, counter-terrorism and criminal intelligence. When he resigned, he was emotionally broken and racked with Post Traumatic Stress. The job he loved had almost destroyed him.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> After resigning from the job, he loved Keith moved in the corporate world working</span> <span styl