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To Crust Or Not To Crust?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Those of you who know me will know by now that I can be a bit ‘crusty’ at times.  I don’t often suffer fools gladly and whilst reluctantly acceptant of change, I’m definitely NOT a fan of ‘Change for Change’s Sake’, which we seem to witness far too often in the world of Policing, which […]

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Degree Or No Degree That Is The Question

Reading Time: 2 minutes Some will call me a cynic, and some may well be right. As soon as Boris announced his intention of swelling Police numbers by 20,000 I immediately formed the opinion that the training infrastructure would struggle to cope with a short-notice influx of a lot more than 20,000 officers, allowing for wastage, all chasing an

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Stating The Bleedin Obvious

Reading Time: 2 minutes Those of you who follow this blog regularly will no doubt have noticed something a little unexpected about it. The College of Policing are pushing the ‘new’, ‘better’ Entry Routes above the more traditional Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP). Lancashire PCC Andrew Snowden, in an interview with Police Oracle, has firmly criticised the

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The ‘Nonsense’ That Is The Police Graduate Entry Programme

Reading Time: 2 minutes Much has been said about the Policing Educational Qualification Framework (PEQF) and the so called Graduate Entry Programme. I have been one of many to mistakenly use this title, but it is a misnomer, indeed, it has even been called ‘Nonsense’. You definitely do NOT need to have a degree before you can apply to

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#Degreegate 2.0

Reading Time: 2 minutes I find myself totally gobsmacked.  I thought that Degreegate had become just about as ludicrous and pointles as it could get, but I should have known better. As we know, progressively, there will soon be ONLY 3 routes into the Police Service; Apprenticeship. Join as a constable, and follow an apprenticeship in professional policing practice

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#Degreegate – The Votes Are In

Reading Time: 6 minutes It cannot have escaped your attention that there has been a lot a discussion on Social Media about the forthcoming Graduate Entry Scheme into the Police Service. I will no doubt be described as “Dinosaur”, “Hating the College” or “Resistant to Change” by some other Policing Commentators, but, like them, I am entitled to an

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Policing – Experience vs Degrees & Direct Entry

Reading Time: 2 minutes I have never heard the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Cressida Dick, denounce the College of Policing’s soon-to-be-enacted policy of No Entry to the Police Service without a degree unless it’s via the Apprenticeship route. NEVER. Likewise, I do not recall that I have ever heard her moan about Direct Entry at any level.

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