Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
My cynicism about the Police Uplift Programme should be well known by now, but my faith has now been stretched to the absolute limit. The latest progress update was released this week and I’ve been too busy examining the first …
Police Uplift Programme – Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics Read more »
Those of you who know me will know by now that I can be a bit ‘crusty’ at times. I don’t often suffer fools gladly and whilst reluctantly acceptant of change, I’m definitely NOT a fan of ‘Change for Change’s …
Yet again I find myself having to start a post with an admission that I expected to be writing something slightly different. The first set of data that I got from NPCC was accompanied by this graphic. Fig 1 represents …
Police Uplift Programme, Graduate Entry – Successes And Failures Read more »
Apologies for yet one more post this week, but a simple post on Twitter this morning has potentially revealed something unsavoury and unwelcome. It started with this, a heartfelt post from a retired Met Detective Inspector. I endorsed it without …
A short while ago I found some Met stats that enabled me to quantify the number of weapons that had been recovered as an Unintended Consequence of a Stop/Search for Drugs. The data was well hidden, but it was there. …
Before I begin, I need to make it clear that anything you read here only applies to the Metropolitan Police District, the rest of you can read on, or go back to sleep, up to you. Following on from my …
Some will call me a cynic, and some may well be right. As soon as Boris announced his intention of swelling Police numbers by 20,000 I immediately formed the opinion that the training infrastructure would struggle to cope with a …
Now that isn’t a headline you expected to see from me I’m sure. Don’t panic, normal service will be resumed. It’s more a question than a statement, and I hope to be able to answer it for London at least. …
The Disproportionate Use of Stop And Search (In London) Read more »
I was having a conversation this morning, (Monday) on Twatter, with somebody who appears to be a serving officer. I have no intention of identifying this person, their identity is not important. Specifically I was bemoaning the fact that initial …
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 …