Frontline to Front Bench: The Officer Who Ran for Office | Stuart Grimley
From Real Crime with Adam Shand by Podshape
May 17, 2026 · 50 min · Season 1 · Episode 78
About this episode
Stuart Grimley discusses his experiences as a police officer and his transition into politics, including the launch of the Frontline Workers Party.
Victorian police officer Stuart Grimley has seen it all — three years as a Kalgoorlie copper rubbing shoulders with the Gypsy Jokers, stints in Major Drugs and Crime Command and two years working sexual offences cases that left images he'll never unsee. Then, in 2018, he did something most cops never do: he got elected to State Parliament under Derryn Hinch's Justice Party banner. He lost his seat in 2022 and went back to Victoria Police, where he's now an operational safety and tactics instructor. But Stuart's not done with politics. He's launching the Frontline Workers Party — a new movement representing police, paramedics, nurses, firies, teachers and corrections officers ahead of the Victorian state election. Adam sits down with Stuart to talk about the psychological toll of child exploitation investigations, the frustration of watching offenders walk free after months of painstaking police work, the $30 million machete amnesty debacle, and why Stuart believes the only way to fix a broken system is to get back inside it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Adam Shand
Guest: Stuart Grimley
Topics covered
- police
- politics
- child exploitation
- mental health
- elections
- law enforcement
Keywords
- Stuart Grimley
- Victoria Police
- Derryn Hinch's Justice Party
- Frontline Workers Party
- child exploitation
- politics
- law enforcement
- mental health
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, Victoria Police, Frontline Workers Party, Gypsy Jokers
Places: Victoria
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