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You’re Having A Laugh

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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Enough Is Enough

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since 2010 we have lost approx 20,000 Police Officers from our streets. Enough Is Enough The point has  been (fairly) made that those numbers would not have prevented recent terrorist attacks.  This is true.  BUT those numbers give us hugely increased resilience and flexibility to deal with intelligence gathering, monitoring of suspects and dealing with

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The Government Has Most Definitely Forgotten

Reading Time: < 1 minute Not being subject to the rules of Purdah, I can have a moan. The term ‘purdah’ is in use across central and local government to describe the period of time immediately before elections or referendums when specific restrictions on the activity of civil servants are in place. The terms ‘pre-election period’ and ‘period of sensitivity’

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It’s Not About The Numbers

Reading Time: 2 minutes OH YES IT IS Last night Home Secretary Amber Rudd, appearing on BBC Question Time, repeated Theresa May’s mantra “it’s not  about the numbers”. Well, as political campaigning for the General Election resumes today, I will have the temerity to challenge that concept. You cannot Police this (or any 1st world country) on the cheap.

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I Have Seen The Future – TJF, Very F

Reading Time: 3 minutes TJF, that was one of the very first things I was told when I left the cocoon that was Hendon Training School and appeared at my very first nick. I suspect that it has been common parlance for generations. Looking at various Tweets and Facebook posts over the past week.  Thinking about the tragic events

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The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost

Reading Time: 2 minutes Following on from this week’s tragic events, the pressures on the Metropolitan Police have possibly never been greater since WWII.  I don’t mean that to sound dramatic, but I happen to believe that it’s true. Quite rightly, the Met has increased Policing levels in London in order to reassure residents and visitors alike, and in

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Where Has The Police Force Gone?

Reading Time: 4 minutes When I joined the Met in 72 it was a very different animal to what it has become today.  Some of the changes have been an improvement, many, in my opinion, have not. The first thing I noticed was that the instructors were SCARY, especially that Drill Sergeant, Sid Butcher, who seemed to think that

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Knife Crime Vs Stop & Search, Some Numbers (London Edition)

Reading Time: < 1 minute In a few days time I should have a set of figures telling us exactly what the size of the Knife Crime problem is across England and Wales.  While I’m waiting for the last few miscreants to remember to send me some data, or protest that they don’t have a Knife Crime problem, I thought

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It’s The Cuts, That’s All

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Armed Forces are at their lowest strength since before the Second World War.  Successive Strategic Defence Reviews have seen to that.  Only this week we waved goodbye to HMS Illustrious, off to a scrapyard somewhere.  Heaven knows when her replacement will be in situ with some fast jets aboard.  It’s the cuts you know,

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To Double-Crew Or Not To Double-Crew?

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 occurs to me that it’s nearly half a century since my boots hit the streets

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