Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
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 …
Apologies tor the slight delay in getting Part III written, once I had got all the data in something else happened elsewhere that demanded my attention. Now I have a window. It was my original intention to look at Mid …
The Changing Shape of the Police Service- Part III, Mid Service Crisis? Read more »
18 months ago, spurred on by an article by Ian Wiggett that highlighted record numbers of Voluntary Resignations, I wrote The Ever-Thinning Blue Line. Prior to that, no less an organisation than the Daily Mail, had published an article predicting …
The Changing Shape of The Police Service – Part II Read more »
The problems in Policing go back a very long way. After the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence the Lord Macpherson labelled the Met Institutionally Racist. That was in 1999. An awful lot of people interpreted that as meaning that every …
Canteen Culture, This Culture, That Culture. Why Policing Is Doomed Read more »
Oh, I’m going to get so much stick for this post, but it’s not in my nature to say nothing. Before I begin I ought to point out that I’m no fan of Dame Cressida, but that doesn’t stop me …
Sorry, that’s a bit misleading, it shoud really be entitled What Have The Tories Ever Done For Us? I stumbled upon a report issued by the Office for National Statistics back in September that seems to have slipped under the …
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. …
It all started with a Tweet. Someone posted a chart of how violent crime had spiralled under the Tories. Well, I couldn’t leave it at that could I? I couldn’t resist comparing those figures with comparable stats for Police Officer …
I know a dead parrot when I see one and I’m looking at one right now. Well, not really a parrot but a Superintendent’s Direct Entry Programme. Many forces have indicated their continued support for the Direct Entry Superintendent Programme …
Dear Mr Campion, You have been the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner for several years now, and as you know the world of Policing has suffered some savage cuts brought about, mainly, by Mrs Theresa May. ince 2010. Policing …
An Open Letter to the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner Read more »