Unsurprisingly I am still waiting for any kind of reply to my original request fro data from 2 Forces, Cumbria and Lincolnshire. They have both had reminders about their legal obligations on 12th and 27th July, but not even an acknowledgement have I received to those reminders. … Read the whole post
I must really stop banging on about Tom Winsor and his recent appointment to the post of Chief Inspector HMIC, only I can’t because it still won’t reconcile itself within my head.… Read the whole post
Here are the results of our polls as at 08:45 on 30th July 2012
It is not too late to vote if you want to, you will find the polls further down this blogJust click on any result above to see a larger image
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I did promise that I wouldn’t make personal attacks on Tom Winsor the man. … Read the whole post
Hello again friends,
I want to start by making it quite clear that neither this blog, nor my previous one on Mr Tom Winsor is a personal attack on him, with the sole exception of the fact that I do not rate the standard of his research very highly. … Read the whole post
I have been thinking a lot over the last few days about those of us who tweet or blog from behind a cloak of anonymity. I completely and utterly understand why a serving officer would want to disguise their true identity, but I have to say that I’m a tad confused by the Regulations and what they actually mean in today’s modern world.… Read the whole post
Dear Reader
The Home Office has kindly released the figures for the ‘Policing Strength of England and Wales’ as at 31st March 2012, Yesterday’s headline figure was that approx 5,000 officers had left their forces since the same time last year. … Read the whole post
At 09:30 this morning the Home Office released the latest batch of data laying out the policing strength of England and Wales 31st March 2011 to 31st March 2012.
The headline figure is that the total manpower has dropped a further 5,000 officers since end of March last year, which in itself was approx 4,000 less than the year before. … Read the whole post