I am thankful to my friend @ConstableChaos for bringing this to my attention Staffordshire Police have seen a reduction in officers from 2,400 to 1,600 in recent years. Now @StaffsPolFed Chairman Keith Jervis believes...
There surely cannot be a person over the age of 14 or so who is still unaware of the seemingly uncontrollable epidemic of stabbings and Knife Crime sweeping the country. Not one person surely?...
But I still don’t agree with it. Correct me if I’m wrong but the first major changes came with Tom Winsor’s ‘Independent’ Reviews. Instead of being able to retire on a full pension after...
Not quite the League Tables you might have been expecting though. Since 2010 it should be no surprise to anyone that approx 21,000 Police Officers have been culled from the overall strength of the...
Call me old-fashioned but it is clearly time for Theresa May to go. She has made a complete Horlicks (mustn’t swear apparently) of the Brexit negotiations. Her own party are turning against her in...
Mustn’t swear, honestly, but yesterday provided me with a true WTF moment. Following the recent visit of that nice Mr Trump to the UK, it became obvious via news and Social Media, plus personal...
Fortuitously there has just been a release of Police Manpower (sorry, I still call it that, no offence intended) and the latest Crime Data for England and Wales. Much has been made of these...
As you are all aware, I am not an Academic, and I do not possess a degree in anything. However, spurred on by this warm weather and an increasing foreboding of doom, I dusted...
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...
The answer to this, I think, very much depends on your opinion of Stop and Search. It is controversial, undoubtedly, but is it legitimate? Is it effective? Is it necessary? Once upon a time,...
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