Reading Time: 3 minutes Listen to any Tory politician at the moment and they’ve all got the mantra off pat “Crime is down, Police Reform is working”. Is it? Let’s examine the evidence over the last few years. This week has seen the release of the latest set of Crime Statistics (up to end of December 2016) by the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes I have oft times wondered how exactly the government get away with their aggressive tactics whilst ‘reforming’ the Police Service. Personally, I don’t see much ‘Reform’ going on, just lots of things where the government gets its way over the Police. No compromise, little, if any, consultation. JFDI. The arguments will rattle on for years
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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
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’m a wee bit out of touch but the last I heard was that they were being paid about £22-£23k with a recommendation from the Tom and Theresa Show that they should be paid £19k. Those figures might be slightly out of kilter but you’ll get the gist of it. So you will be able
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Reading Time: < 1 minute No, not the legendary Think Tank, but Police Reform. Where are we with Police Reform? Quite honestly I’ve had enough of hearing about it, and I’m somewhat bemused by it. In 2010 we were introduced to Reform because it was a necessary part of the Austerity Programme, the Police Service needed to be ‘Reformed’ to
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am grateful (again) to @NathanConstable. I had the read the article about West Yorkshire Police and dutifully spluttered coffee into my All Bran but Nathan tweeted that we should read he comments, which I had failed to do. https://twitter.com/nathanconstable/status/716568858258235392 The gist of the article was about the reduction of Police Officers and PCSOs in
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some things just don’t go away, they hang around like an unwelcome guest, or the after effects of Brussel Sprout Soup. This last week or 10 days, whatever it is, has seen Direct Entry and Graduate Recruitment take centre stage. The WORST argument (in my opinion of course) in favour of Direct Entry Inspectors and
Reading Time: < 1 minute After today’s item (I can’t bring myself to call it a piece of journalism) in the Torygraph I felt obliged to write to Mr McTernan, so I emailed him this; Dear Mr McTernan Where do I begin? Your item in The Telegraph regarding George Osborne ‘ruing’ the day left me angry, and quite frankly appalled.
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 party or another, the Independents have a particularly hard time of it. My old friends
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve had enough, I’m getting even angrier. Apart from anything else there seems to be no justice in this country at the moment and we certainly don’t seem to be living in a Democracy at the moment. Two years ago three Police Officers were threatened with being charged with Contempt of Parliament because it was
