We Were NOT Crying Wolf Prime Minister
I’m sure you can all remember back in 2015 when the then Home Secretary told the Police Federation to “stop crying wolf”. She said nearly every year the Federation warned that the public was...
#BottomlessBobbyBox / #CutsHaveConsequences / #MaysMayhem / #NoConfidenceInTheresaMay / Cuts / Knife Crime / Policing / Theresa May
I’m sure you can all remember back in 2015 when the then Home Secretary told the Police Federation to “stop crying wolf”. She said nearly every year the Federation warned that the public was...
Amber Rudd / Knife Angel / Knife Crime / Knives / Mayor of London / MOPAC / Policing / Sadiq Khan / Sajid Javid / Theresa May
Well, I do, but I’m not sure that our politicians really do care. It will come as no surprise to most of you that I care about it, and my chosen vehicle for heightening...
Knife Crime is very much current and on the rise, both in the capital, London, and across the country generally. For the purposes of this post I shall be relying on figures that relate...
I confess, I have never been an ‘academic’, I left school with two A Levels and a Jamboree Bag. In truth, I’m never likely to be an academic either. I have had three jobs...
I am not an academic, never been one and hardly likely to become one now. I have, however, considerable experience in Research and Analysis. In the past few days I have been involved in...
#BottomlessBobbyBox / #CrisisInPolicing / #MaysMayhem / #NoConfidenceInTheresaMay / Crime Stats / Cuts / Knife Crime / Policing
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...
Happy New Year. There’s a rather chilling post title for you. Not my figures, for once I am relying on our infallible news media. Apparently, in London, in 2017, there were 80 fatalities due...
As promised (threatened) here is the almost final update on the scale of Knife Crime in England and Wales last year. I am still arguing with the City of London Police and Avon &...
Ladies and Gentlemen, unaccustomed as I am to grovelling, please bear with me just this once. You may, or may not, know that I have taken a keen interest in the Knife Angel project...
Knife Angel / Knife Crime / Knives / Policing
Is it just me, or has there been an absolute explosion of knife crime, particularly in London, over the past 18 months? Our best response to the problem? Cut back on Stop and Search....
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