Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
Last Updated on May 11, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry Apologies tor the slight delay in getting Part III written, once I had got all the data in something else happened elsewhere that demanded my attention. Now I have a window. It …
The Changing Shape of the Police Service- Part III, Mid Service Crisis? Read more »
Last Updated on April 30, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry Just a short one for this Bank Holiday weekend, on one of my favourite topics (to write about) the Police Uplift Programme. This week saw the release of their latest quarterly updates, …
Police Uplift Programme – I Just Can’t Take It Seriously Read more »
Last Updated on April 5, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry Before we start I would like to point out that this most definitely NOT a pop at individual officers who have entered under the Police Now flag. I don’t know any personally, …
Police Now – Do We Still Need Them? – Did We Ever? Read more »
Last Updated on April 1, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry Much has been made, over a number of years, about a perceived lack of diversity within the Police Forces of England and Wales (nobody seems to worry too much about Police Scotland …
Last Updated on April 1, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry There has been much debate on Social Media about the success of the Police Uplift Programme, the government scheme to recruit 20,000 extra (now changed to new) Police Officers. I tried writing …
Police Uplift Programme – The Definitive Update 🙄🙄 Read more »
Last Updated on April 7, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry 18 months ago, spurred on by an article by Ian Wiggett that highlighted record numbers of Voluntary Resignations, I wrote The Ever-Thinning Blue Line. Prior to that, no less an organisation than …
The Changing Shape of The Police Service – Part II Read more »
Last Updated on March 16, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry I am grateful (just for once) to the National Police Chiefs Council for publishing some data on the Police Uplift Programme. After some hotly debated data published by somebody else they have …
Last Updated on March 14, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry Much has been said about numbers in Policing, and I have already written more than enough on the subject. For the purposes of this post, and Part II when I get the …
The Changing Shape of The Police Service, Part I Read more »
Last Updated on February 13, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry The problems in Policing go back a very long way. After the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence the Lord Macpherson labelled the Met Institutionally Racist. That was in 1999. An awful lot …
Canteen Culture, This Culture, That Culture. Why Policing Is Doomed Read more »
Last Updated on February 8, 2022 by RetiredAndAngry Any of you who have been reading my posts for a while will know that I’ve taken more than a passing interest in Police Recruitment. I recently sent FOI requests to all …