Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
Welcome, but be warned, if numbers are not your thing you may as well stop reading now. I do my best but I really struggle to understand what the Home Office are playing at with the Update Stats that they …
Seldom before have I read such uncompromising and total bollocks The economy has been significantly impacted by the pandemic but we're committed to supporting the police by: ✅ Recruiting 20,000 police officers✅ Increasing taxpayer investment by over £600m ✅ Doubling …
Our support for our brave police officers is unwavering Read more »
I have reproduced this from elsewhere, with the consent of the author. it really makes one think, and if it doesn’t then it should. “Lighting up public memorials, like a cenotaph, to remember the death of George Floyd, a foreign …
Much has been heard from the Home Office and the Conservative Party in General about the Police Uplift Programme. Those of you who have read me regularly will know by now what I think of it, if you haven’t heard …
Police Uplift Programme & Graduate/Apprenticeship Entry – Do They Mix? Read more »
Much has been said about the Policing Educational Qualification Framework (PEQF) and the so called Graduate Entry Programme. I have been one of many to mistakenly use this title, but it is a misnomer, indeed, it has even been called …
The ‘Nonsense’ That Is The Police Graduate Entry Programme Read more »
The modern day Police Service was the innovation of Sir Robert Peel, as we all well know. Broadly speaking there are 9 Peelian Principles on which Policing in the UK is based, and owes its heritage to. They are:- To …
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. …
I may have been a little critical of late, of Boris’s boast to enlist 20,000 extra Police Officers over a 3 year period. I have certainly noticed that the mantra has changed from ‘extra officers’ to ‘new officers‘. have I …
Copied from a piece written by Chris Hobbs yesterday for Police Oracle which is free to view. However, a technical glitch means that the paywall still appears when accessed from a mobile phone and some tablets: Thus for those unable …
Racism: are police officers being unfairly stereotyped? Read more »
Not new news, but something you may not be aware of. I live nearby and was aware of it, but still think it deserves a higher profile. My friends at British Ironworks in Oswestry, who gave us Knife Angel, have …