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Met Manpower Part 2

Leave a Comment / Policing / RetiredAndAngry

One interesting response to my previous post was that I was contacted by a couple of former Met officers informing me that they really “don’t give a shit”. I wasn’t offended, but I was saddened that anybody who devoted the majority, or all, of their working lives to the Met no longer gives a shit. … Read the whole post

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Met Manpower

3 Comments / Metropolitan Police, MPS, Police, Police Uplift Programme, Policing, Retention / RetiredAndAngry

I make absolutely no apology for the title Met Manpower, as I use man in the ‘mankind’ context and nothing to do with gender at all. I’m of an age where I get fed up with being bullied and humiliated into not using perfectly acceptable, common-usage terms. … Read the whole post

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The Angiolini Report

5 Comments / College of Policing, CoP, Home Office, Metropolitan Police, NPCC, Policing / RetiredAndAngry

Today there has been much discussion, debate and many views and questions following the publication of The Angiolini Report. Lady Elish Angiolini has been conducting an enquiry following the shocking events surrounding former PC Wayne Couzens and others.… Read the whole post

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Why Do I Bother?

1 Comment / Avon & Somerset Police, DPS, IOPC, Policing, West Yorkshire Police / RetiredAndAngry

Events from the last week or so have left me wondering “Why do I bother?” In no particular order, the sort of things that have been vexing me are; The extraordinary outcome of an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, but that is far from being an isolated incident. … Read the whole post

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Exactly Why TJF

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The main reason I’m writing this is simply because it’s too long for an X Was Twitter. The other reason is to share my views on how & why TJF. I have spent most of this morning on the phone trying to source a new TV because I was stupid enough to watch the latest episode of To Catch A Copper, The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset, Sarah Crew, had invited the cameras in to see how the PSD and Anti Corruption Unit work, what they do and a cross-section of the sort of incidents they deal with.… Read the whole post

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Independent Office for Police Conduct

2 Comments / Independent Office for Police Conduct, IOPC, Policing / RetiredAndAngry

This week saw the publication of the Independent Office for Police Conduct Annual Report. Fear not, I’m not going to subject you to a precis of all 152 pages, just some of them.… Read the whole post

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Who Would You Rather Trust?

5 Comments / IPSOS, Policing, Public Confidence, Veracity / RetiredAndAngry

This week saw the publication of the 2023 IPSOS Veracity Index, illustrating how trustworthy the Great British Public perceive a selection of Professions to be. Who would you rather trust? I must begin by revealing that it contained a few surprises to me.… Read the whole post

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Please Tell Me I’m Dreaming

2 Comments / College of Policing, CoP, Direct Entry, Policing / RetiredAndAngry

Somebody, or several somebodies, will disagree with me on this, and that is fine, but maybe you could please tell me I’m dreaming, or maybe it’s a nightmare. Today I heard some news about Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth. … Read the whole post

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We Have Been Royally Had Over

#CutsHaveConsequences, #MaysMayhem, Home Office, PCSO, Police Staff, Policing, Recruitment, Retention, Special Constabulary / RetiredAndAngry

Nothing to do with the Royal Family, but we have been royally had over by recent versions of what the Conservatives like to call a government. We all know by now the extent of the damage caused to Policing the Tories since 2010, so I’m not going to waste your time or mine 0 0… Read the whole post

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I Have Had Enough

1 Comment / Discipline, IOPC, Policing / RetiredAndAngry

I have had enough. As many of you will know, I retired from the Met just a few days over 21 years ago. For the last 21 years I have defended the institution that is the Met, and the majority of the people in it, but times have changed.… Read the whole post

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