Funding The Police or Foreign Aid?
Part One It is no secret that Central Government funding of the Police is steadily reducing and has been since 2010 when that Camoron person just about scraped home in a General Election. The...
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Police Now – Impact Assessment
I have read much on Twitter this week about Police Now and how they have contributed to the world of Policing. I was particularly taken with their response to a conversation on Twitter regarding...
More Smoke And Mirrors
Knife Crime. Who is to blame? Certainly anyone carrying or wielding a knife without a reasonable excuse or lawful authority is to blame. Government silliness might make you think that Teachers or the NHS...
Direct Entry
Some of you may recall that I recently had a small swipe at the College of Policing over their lack of transparency re Direct Entry. After my slightly bigger swipe at Police Now I...
Police Now
I have had my concerns about Police Now for some time, almost since their inception really. You can call me a Conspiracy Theorist if you like (I’ve been called worse) but the whole thing...
Is This What Police Burn-Out Looks Like?
Burnout in the Police Service is something I have been fearful of for quite a while. I hear stories of officers being burnt out, Forces struggling to cope with demand but I’ve never really...
Knife Crime vs Stop And Search (Plus a Few Ideas)
You’ll be pleased to know that I’m not going to regurgitate much of what I have previously written about Stop/Search or Knife Crime. Any or all of that is available in previous posts. This...
More Questions Than Answers
Today Sajid Javid and others met with some very senior Police Officers. They had their meeting, as though that might solve the problem, and the NPCC types were told to go away and come...
No Direct Link Between Certain Crimes & Police Numbers
“I have to tell you that this kind of scaremongering does nobody any good” “This crying wolf has to stop.” “No direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers” All of these quotes come...
College of Policing, A Beacon of Transparency
It may be a surprise to some of you but I am not a huge fan of the Direct Entry Scheme for Inspectors and Superintendents into the Police Service. Sorry to shock you, but...
Just What Have The Tories Done To Policing?
It’s a question I’ve been asking myself since 2010 to be honest. My opinions have never been favourable to the Tories, but apart from the constant, ongoing, reduction in officers I’ve never really put...
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