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Is Policing Perfect?

2 Comments / #CrisisInPolicing, #MaysMayhem, Austerity, David Cameron, HMIC, Home Office, Home Secretary, Policing, Theresa May, Tom Winsor / RetiredAndAngry

Is Policing Perfect? No. Has Policing ever been perfect? No Will Policing ever be perfect? Probably not, BUT….. The demise of Policing is a reasonably complex problem, far more so than would have us believe.… Read the whole post

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Anything Could Happen In The Next 96 Hours – Maintenance

Policing / RetiredAndAngry

I’m in the process of transferring my blog to another Host. I haven’t got a clue what I’m doing, so anything could happen. I’ll update you if it succeeds. I believe it’s called Maintenance 0 0… Read the whole post

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The Rowley 1000

4 Comments / Policing, Discipline, Metropolitan Police, Misogyny, MPS / RetiredAndAngry

This post is as much for me as anybody else, and I hope it will be a short one. I got myself in a right tizz this morning with numbers and percentages, I know where I went wrong, and now is my attempt to a) set the record straight and b) leave myself a permanent reminder so I don’t make the same mistake again.… Read the whole post

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BOGOF

3 Comments / Policing, Experience, Length of Service, Police Uplift Programme / RetiredAndAngry

It’s been hard to tell which one of two recent thoughts about Policing has vexed me the most, so my solution was two short pieces for the price of one, or BOGOF Police Uplift ProgrammeMy first vex was related to the piece I wrote last week about the Police Uplift Programme.… Read the whole post

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Police Uplift Programme – Almost The End

2 Comments / Policing, Government, Police Uplift Programme / RetiredAndAngry

Boris Johnson’s Vanity Project, otherwise known as the Police Uplift Programme comes to an end at the end of this week. Chances are, not long after, we’ll have the Home Secretary and the Policing Minister, maybe even Rishi, the College and NPCC,queueing up to get on Breakfast TV to crow about how successful it has been.… Read the whole post

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The Casey Review

4 Comments / #CutsHaveConsequences, #MaysMayhem, Baroness Casey Review of MPS, Metropolitan Police, Policing / RetiredAndAngry

Before I begin I want to make a few things crystal clear, especially as many of the Twitterati seem to enjoy portraying me in completely the wrong way, or they think they know my opinions, but they do not, just mischief makers.… Read the whole post

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Lies Damn Lies and Statistics

Policing, Police Uplift Programme, Recruitment / RetiredAndAngry

I would like to begin by wishing my reader a Happy New Year and to hope that 2023 will be a somewhat better year than the last two, they have left me somewhat cluster****ed, but I’m getting there.… Read the whole post

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You Can Call Me Nostradamus

2 Comments / Policing, Police Uplift Programme / RetiredAndAngry

I have decided to ignore the release of the latest ‘official’ Crime Stats for England and Wales. The BBC have already done a wonderful job of skewing the picture and somehow implying that they’re the Police’s fault.… Read the whole post

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Police Uplift Programme – Lies Damn Lies And Statistics

Policing, Police Uplift Programme / 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 this week and I’ve been too busy examining the first two years of the Programme to have given it very much attention, however, the headline figure is that up to end of June 2022 they had recruited 13,790 of their target of 20,000 by end of March next year.… Read the whole post

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To Crust Or Not To Crust?

7 Comments / Policing, Graduate Entry, IPLDP, Police Apprenticeships, Recruitment, Training / 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 change, I’m definitely NOT a fan of ‘Change for Change’s Sake’, which we seem to witness far too often in the world of Policing, which leaves me with the eternal dilemma, To Crust Or Not To Crust?… Read the whole post

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