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No Direct Link Between Certain Crimes & Police Numbers

Reading Time: 4 minutes “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 from Theresa May. Since her disastrous time at the Home Office she has clearly no intention of changing her views. For […]

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Just What Have The Tories Done To Policing?

Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s a question I’ve been asking myself since 2010 to be honest. My opinions have never been favourable to the Tories, but apart from the constant, ongoing, reduction in officers I’ve never really put many numbers to it. I fear that is about to change, but to be easy you, I hope to achieve most

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It’s A War Zone Out There

Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s A War Zone Out There Well, it is war really. I make absolutely no apology for starting off with a stark image This is one of the more acceptable images from Camberwell recently where Police and Paramedics encountered a scene of absolute carnage after 4 young men had been stabbed in the street, one

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We Were NOT Crying Wolf Prime Minister

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m sure you can all remember back in 2015 when the then Home Secretary told the Police Federation to “stop crying wolf”. Well, We Were NOT Crying Wolf Prime Minister She said nearly every year the Federation warned that the public was at risk or that the force would be destroyed but it had not

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Does The Home Secretary (Sorry Prime Minister) Have Blood On Her Hands?

Reading Time: 5 minutes The answer to this, I think, very much depends on your opinion of Stop and Search. It is controversial, undoubtedly, but is it legitimate? Is it effective? Is it necessary? Once upon a time, in 2014, Theresa May, as Home Secretary, instructed the Police Service of England and Wales to reduce their use of Stop

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Policing In The 21st Century

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ten years ago there were 141,859 Police Officers (all ranks) in the 43 Forces that traditionally make up England and Wales, 108,884 of that total were Constables. By 2010, when David Cameron and Theresa May came to power, there was a total of 143,734 officers in total. 109,669 were Constables. By 31st March 2017 after

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The Streets Are Lost – Will We EVER Get Them Back?

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Police have lost control of the streets. There, I’ve said it. Not everywhere, of course, but cities mainly, London definitely, but it could apply literally anywhere. It has been obvious for a while now but the government have just sat quietly and said nothing. Only that isn’t quite true is it? The government have

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