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Police Uplift Programme – Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on July 29, 2022 Posted in Police Uplift Programme, Policing No Comments
Police Uplift Programme – Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics

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 …

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To Crust Or Not To Crust……..

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on July 15, 2022 Posted in Graduate Entry, IPLDP, Police Apprenticeships, Policing, Recruitment, Training 7 Comments Tagged with Police, Policing
To Crust Or Not To Crust……..

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 …

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Police Uplift Programme, Graduate Entry – Successes And Failures

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on July 12, 2022 Posted in #CrisisInPolicing, Police Uplift Programme, Policing No Comments
Police Uplift Programme, Graduate Entry – Successes And Failures

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 …

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Policing Is Not A Chumocracy

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on July 1, 2022 Posted in #Chumocracy, #CutsHaveConsequences, #NoConfidenceInTheresaMay, David Cameron, Policing, Theresa May 4 Comments
Policing Is Not A Chumocracy

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 …

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Time To Kick The Home Office (Metaphorically)

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on June 28, 2022 Posted in Home Office, Policing, Stop And Search No Comments
Time To Kick The Home Office (Metaphorically)

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 …

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Those Pesky Drugs Stops

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on June 25, 2022 Posted in Metropolitan Police, MPS, Policing, Stop And Search 2 Comments
Those Pesky Drugs Stops

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 …

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Degree Or No Degree, That Is The Question

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on June 23, 2022 Posted in Graduate Entry, IPLDP, Police Uplift Programme, Policing No Comments
Degree Or No Degree, That Is The Question

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 …

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The Disproportionate Use of Stop And Search (In London)

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on June 22, 2022 Posted in Knife Crime, London, Murder, Policing 2 Comments
The Disproportionate Use of Stop And Search (In London)

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 …

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How Did We Come To This?

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on June 20, 2022 Posted in #MaysMayhem, College of Policing, CoP, Cuts, David Cameron, Home Office, Policing, Theresa May 1 Comment
How Did We Come To This?
Sneaking thief

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 …

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Stating The Bleedin’ Obvious

By RetiredAndAngry Posted on June 12, 2022 Posted in College of Policing, Degrees, Graduate Entry, NPCC, Policing, Recruitment, Training No Comments
Stating The Bleedin’ Obvious

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 …

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