Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
Last Updated on July 29, 2022 2:56 pm by RetiredAndAngry My cynicism about the Police Uplift Programme should be well known by now, but my faith has now been stretched to the absolute limit. The latest progress update was released …
Police Uplift Programme – Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics Read more »
Last Updated on July 15, 2022 11:44 am by RetiredAndAngry Those of you who know me will know by now that I can be a bit ‘crusty’ at times. I don’t often suffer fools gladly and whilst reluctantly acceptant of …
Last Updated on July 13, 2022 4:54 pm by RetiredAndAngry Yet again I find myself having to start a post with an admission that I expected to be writing something slightly different. The first set of data that I got …
Police Uplift Programme, Graduate Entry – Successes And Failures Read more »
Last Updated on July 1, 2022 3:00 pm by RetiredAndAngry Apologies for yet one more post this week, but a simple post on Twitter this morning has potentially revealed something unsavoury and unwelcome. It started with this, a heartfelt post …
Last Updated on June 30, 2022 12:31 am by RetiredAndAngry A short while ago I found some Met stats that enabled me to quantify the number of weapons that had been recovered as an Unintended Consequence of a Stop/Search for …
Last Updated on June 25, 2022 5:30 pm by RetiredAndAngry Before I begin, I need to make it clear that anything you read here only applies to the Metropolitan Police District, the rest of you can read on, or go …
Last Updated on June 23, 2022 3:12 pm by RetiredAndAngry Some will call me a cynic, and some may well be right. As soon as Boris announced his intention of swelling Police numbers by 20,000 I immediately formed the opinion …
Last Updated on June 22, 2022 3:00 pm by RetiredAndAngry Now that isn’t a headline you expected to see from me I’m sure. Don’t panic, normal service will be resumed. It’s more a question than a statement, and I hope …
The Disproportionate Use of Stop And Search (In London) Read more »
Last Updated on June 20, 2022 9:44 pm by RetiredAndAngry I was having a conversation this morning, (Monday) on Twatter, with somebody who appears to be a serving officer. I have no intention of identifying this person, their identity is …
Last Updated on June 12, 2022 3:23 pm by RetiredAndAngry Those of you who follow this blog regularly will no doubt have noticed something a little unexpected about it. The College of Policing are pushing the ‘new’, ‘better’ Entry Routes …