Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
Apologies for yet one more post this week, but a simple post on Twitter this morning has potentially revealed something unsavoury and unwelcome. It started with this, a heartfelt post from a retired Met Detective Inspector. I endorsed it without …
I was having a conversation this morning, (Monday) on Twatter, with somebody who appears to be a serving officer. I have no intention of identifying this person, their identity is not important. Specifically I was bemoaning the fact that initial …
I don’t know about anybody else but I am reaching the point of no return with our current brand of politicians. It doesn’t seem to matter very much which party they represent , they’re all as bad as each other. …
We’ve heard plenty about #CrisisInPolicing and I’m not going to convince you that there isn’t one. I have said before that there is, caused directly and personally by David Camoron and Theresa May. They were both arrogant and refused to …
Policing Experience – Is There Another Crisis Waiting To Happen? Read more »
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 really concerns the views of the …
Knife Crime vs Stop And Search (Plus a Few Ideas) Read more »
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 …
Wow, that is some headline. Do I really mean it? On reflection I believe that I do. Isn’t it a bit OTT? No, I don’t think it is. I actually believe that this government, driven by Cameron and May initially, …
How Long Before The Government Destruction Of The British Police Service Is Complete? Read more »
Or it was at least, and it gives me absolutely no pleasure to write these words. When I joined the Met a million years ago in 1972 the old sweats took delight in telling me that I was now part …
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 can read the article here Paraphrasing, …
NOT I have just read Peter Kirkham’s most excellent post, and rather than paraphrase or précis it, I recommend that you read it here. All I can say in response is that the government have not made me feel any …