Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
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 …
A short while ago I wrote a post about how I couldn’t take the Police Uplift Programme seriously. As a result of not being able to take it seriously I sent an FOIA request to the National Police Chiefs Council. …
Police Uplift Programme – Now I’m REALLY Confused Read more »
I am grateful (just for once) to the National Police Chiefs Council for publishing some data on the Police Uplift Programme. After some hotly debated data published by somebody else they have finally acquiesced and published, what they claim, are …
How many times have we heard “Crime is down, Police Reform is working”? Ad Nauseum I suspect. Police Reform has turned out to be an unmitigated disaster, devised and forced through by inexperienced politicians and their hired help. Politicians who …
You are, by definition, all senior Police Officers, yet you seem to have lost touch with the fine officers that form the Front Line. As you are obviously aware, when the Conservative-led coalition came to power in 2010 there were …
I’m old, I’m confused and my brain hurts. Firstly, the much-revered College of Policing has proposed completely shaking up the entry route into the Police Service; The three proposals are Proposal 1. Establish a qualifications framework for policing so that …
Mixed Messages From @NPCC, @Police_Now @MetropolitanPolice and @CollegeOfPolicing? Read more »
That is, indeed, the question. To me the answer is an unequivocal YES. In my mind there is no option, it doesn’t need thinking about, it’s a No Brainer. But then, my mind doesn’t always sync with everybody else’s. It …
A number has been bothering me recently, a number that I simply can’t get out of my head, but I don’t know what the number is. What is the number where the Police Service of England and Wales can no …
Well, it’s taken 4 years but the Horsemen finally seem to have earnt their corn. The votes have been counted and verified and I can announce that the winner is Theresa May. Results in Wales are not set to be …
So says Sara Thornton, top Johnny at the National Police Chiefs Council. Well I’m not going to take up much of your time today, just a little bit longer than it takes to say “Bollocks”. What I will concede is …