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...
Category: Austerity
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...
The Crucifixion Cycle (As Amended)
The Crucifixion Cycle Stage 1 Slash Resources Government slashes the resources of the public body in question. Be it NHS, Armed Forces, Police, Education, Coastguard, Fire Service, Probation, Barristers, Junior Doctors……the list just goes...
The Government Has Most Definitely Forgotten
Not being subject to the rules of Purdah, I can have a moan. The term ‘purdah’ is in use across central and local government to describe the period of time immediately before elections or...
I Have Seen The Future – TJF, Very F
TJF, that was one of the very first things I was told when I left the cocoon that was Hendon Training School and appeared at my very first nick. I suspect that it has...
The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
Following on from this week’s tragic events, the pressures on the Metropolitan Police have possibly never been greater since WWII. I don’t mean that to sound dramatic, but I happen to believe that it’s...
Seems Like A Reasonable Question To Me
There was a time, I agree, when Police Officers were paid handsomely. I don’t think many would dispute that. They were paid handsomely BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO...
It’s The Cuts, That’s All
The Armed Forces are at their lowest strength since before the Second World War. Successive Strategic Defence Reviews have seen to that. Only this week we waved goodbye to HMS Illustrious, off to a...
Doing More With Less
Never forget that we have to do more with less, it is the en vogue diktat. Speak to any Police Officer, Doctor, Nurse etc and they will tell you how they are doing more....
That’s What Lack Of Experience Does For You
Way back in 2010 a small little article slipped through, almost un-noticed. Mervyn King, then Governor of the Bank of England felt that George Osborne and David Cameron were “out of their depth” You...
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