Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
Before I say/write anything more I want to be clear on one thing. There is no place in any Police Service, of any country, for ‘Sexual Predators’. None. I don’t think I can be much clearer. Now, where was I? …
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. …
Forget #Brexit, this is much closer to home and just as gripping to some of us. Before I go any further, beacuase I’m a fair kind of person, I must point out the collaboration between Warwickshire and West Mercia Police …
It’s not often you will hear me say that (OK, I know you’re reading it) Today’s headlines have just stunned me into (almost) silence and left me ashamed that I was ever a member of the same organisation I locked …
Fortuitously there has just been a release of Police Manpower (sorry, I still call it that, no offence intended) and the latest Crime Data for England and Wales. Much has been made of these latest figures both in the Press …
Ladies and Gentlemen, unaccustomed as I am to grovelling, please bear with me just this once. You may, or may not, know that I have taken a keen interest in the Knife Angel project (or National Monument Against Violence And …
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 …
I hope not. I know that it’s Christmas. I know that means overtime for the Police Forces. I know that can be expensive and so careful thought is usually given as to how many to have on duty. I also …
Strange things happen. We used to have Police Authorities, even the Met had one eventually. Then some bright spark at a well known Think Tank came up with PCCs. Needless to say, most of the elected PCCs represent one political …
The question is really aimed at my former colleagues but please feel free to join in whoever you are. The world has changed after Paris 2015. First Charlie Ebdo and the accompanying attacks at the beginning of the year. Then, …