Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m sure you can all remember back in 2015 when the then Home Secretary told the Police Federation to “stop crying wolf”. Well, We Were NOT Crying Wolf Prime Minister She said nearly every year the Federation warned that the public was at risk or that the force would be destroyed but it had not […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutes 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, in 2014, Theresa May, as Home Secretary, instructed the Police Service of England and Wales to reduce their use of Stop
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ten years ago there were 141,859 Police Officers (all ranks) in the 43 Forces that traditionally make up England and Wales, 108,884 of that total were Constables. By 2010, when David Cameron and Theresa May came to power, there was a total of 143,734 officers in total. 109,669 were Constables. By 31st March 2017 after
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Reading Time: 5 minutes 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 now but the government have just sat quietly and said nothing. Only that isn’t quite true is it? The government have
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Reading Time: 5 minutes It was a day like any other. Not much happened. Well not much of any importance anyway. Except that two official reports were published on exactly the same date. The 25th January 2018. Maybe we were never supposed to read them. Maybe our elected government thought that we couldn’t read them, or maybe they just
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Much has been made in recent months of Acid Attacks, Moped Crime, and How Crime In London Is Falling. The media have (rightly in my opinion) made much of it, but nobody seemed to be putting any numbers to the problems. Never one to shirk away from numbers I did some digging. Acid Attacks Acid
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Wow, that is some headline. Do I really mean it? On reflection I believe that I do. Isn’t it a bit OTT? No, I don’t think it is. I actually believe that this government, driven by Cameron and May initially, and now May and Rudd have systematically plotted the destruction of the British Police Service
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The date is March 2010. David Cameron has yet to win the General Election and form his ‘victorious’ coalition government. What does the State of Policing look like? Firstly, and, easiest to answer, we have a full compliment of Police Stations, Canteens, Helicopters, Dogs and Horses etc etc. Nobody has yet started to sell them
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Or it was at least, and it gives me absolutely no pleasure to write these words. When I joined the Met a million years ago in 1972 the old sweats took delight in telling me that I was now part of the finest Police Force in the world, they were referring to the Met of
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On 22nd March, a brave Constable was murdered by a cowardly terrorist within the grounds of the Palace of Westminster. His name was Keith Palmer and he died protecting public and politicians alike from said terrorist. On 3rd June 3 terrorists ran amok on London Bridge, and Borough Market. A young nurse ran towards the
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