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Spotlight On North Yorkshire – Smoke Or Mirrors, Fact Or Fiction?

Reading Time: 2 minutes It is no longer a secret that our old mucker Mike Pannett (@MikePannett) has declared his hand, he will be standing as an Independent Candidate in the forthcoming PCC Elections on May 5th.  I wish him all the very best and I’m sure he’ll be grateful for any little bit of help that we can

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I Seem To Be Errrrm……..Confused

Reading Time: 3 minutes It only seems like a moment ago that the Police were being criticised for the manner in which they investigated and recorded crimes and how they treated or regarded the victims of those crimes. There are any manner of ‘anti’ articles in the press, disclosures by officers, dodgy recording practices, unrealistic targets.  The whole thing

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#DegreeGate – Genuine Need Or Cynical Ploy?

Reading Time: 3 minutes And so #DegreeGate rumbles on and still nobody is much clearer, with many simply remaining to be convinced.  Many, like me I suspect, are waiting to see the ‘evidence’ that this is a good idea. Being a bit of a researcher and a fan of ‘the truth’ I went looking. I found a video on

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And A Happy New Year To You Too

Reading Time: < 1 minute It didn’t take long.  My first post of 2016 is back to questining an old chestnut from last year. All was going well, I was sitting quietly in the kitchen munching on my Coco Pops when it happened.  I happened upon a Tweet from Jack Dromey MP asserting (once more) that the Police should look

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Some Thoughts On Some Thoughts

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

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The 2015 RetiredAndAngry Jobsworth Award

Reading Time: 4 minutes Goes to………….. You’ll have to wait just a little longer to find out, sorry. I’ve been more successful this year, I haven’t received anywhere near as many Refusals to my Freedom of Information Requests, even the Home Office, whilst far from perfect, have definitely improved, although I’m still awaiting their response to my request regarding

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Sorry Everybody, It’s Tom Winsor and G4$ Again

Reading Time: 4 minutes I need to be careful with this one so I’ll stick to demonstrable facts and I’ll invite you to join the dots yourselves. It was pointed out to me recently  that the recent HMIC inspections identified Lincolnshire as best Value for Money Force.Yesterday the BBC reported that G4S were claiming that companies such as theirs

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The Policing Debate 4th November 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Motion:- That this House notes with concern the loss of 17,000 police officers in the last five years; further notes the most recent Police Recorded Crime statistics, which show sharp rises in some of the more serious crimes including knife crime and sexual assault and that, alongside evidence that some crime is rising, there

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Police Chiefs – Let Me Introduce You To The Hymn Book

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is the Hymn Book    and we should all be singing from the same one. For the last 5 years Rank and File Police Officers, Retired Police Officers and a large number of members of the Great British Public have been pointing out to an unheard get, uncaring government that enough is enough, you

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