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Arm The Police Or Not?
Read Whole PostReading Time: 2 minutes I am Old School, a Traditionalist, and I make no apology for that. In my heart we would be policed in the old-fashioned way, a…
Enough Is Enough
Read Whole PostReading Time: 2 minutes Since 2010 we have lost approx 20,000 Police Officers from our streets. Enough Is Enough The point has been (fairly) made that those numbers would…
It’s Not About The Numbers
Read Whole PostReading Time: 2 minutes OH YES IT IS Last night Home Secretary Amber Rudd, appearing on BBC Question Time, repeated Theresa May’s mantra “it’s not about the numbers”. Well,…
Yes Folks, It’s Pantomime Season Once More
Read Whole PostReading Time: 3 minutes Oh no it isn’t. Oh, yes it is. Last night saw a public meeting, chaired by the Metropolitan Police, to discuss and seek to explain…
Thought For The Day
Read Whole PostReading Time: 3 minutes First and foremost my thoughts are with the victims of yesterday’s terrible incident at Leytonstone, I hope they can all make a full recovery, and…
Is It Time To Arm The British Police?
Read Whole PostReading Time: 3 minutes The question is really aimed at my former colleagues but please feel free to join in whoever you are. The world has changed after Paris…
Was It April Fools Day Yesterday?
Read Whole PostReading Time: 4 minutes I was absolutely stunned at the amount of total bolleaux in the British Press yesterday in relation to Policing. It was so bad that I…
Call Yourself Professional? You’re A Disgrace
Read Whole PostReading Time: < 1 minute The Armed Police of England and Wales regard themselves as ‘professional’. They undergo hours/days/weeks/months of training, and for what? Figures recently released show that during…
What Price A Firearms ‘Ticket’?
Read Whole PostReading Time: 2 minutes PC Tony Lloyd has had his day in Court. He has been tried by 12 good men and true and found Not Guilty of Murder.…
