Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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The modern day Police Service was the innovation of Sir Robert Peel, as we all well know. Broadly speaking there are 9 Peelian Principles on which Policing in the UK is based, and owes its heritage to. They are:- To …
Before I go any further this is NOT a post rubbishing Specials. If you search through my posts I don’t think I have ever done that, there are good and bad just the same as Regulars, and I have worked …
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 …
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 …
I’m sorry, I’m off again, but in my own defence it is a topic I feel very strongly about. Today I was sparked off by a Tweet from West Yorks Federation, followed by a series of Tweets from a very …
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 …
Some things just don’t go away, they hang around like an unwelcome guest, or the after effects of Brussel Sprout Soup. This last week or 10 days, whatever it is, has seen Direct Entry and Graduate Recruitment take centre stage. …