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Met Manpower
I make absolutely no apology for the title Met Manpower, as I use man in the ‘mankind’ context and nothing to do with gender at all. I’m of an age where I get fed up with being bullied and humiliated into not using perfectly acceptable, common-usage terms. … Read the whole postRead Whole Post
The Times They Are A Changed
Apologies to Mr Dylan. Those of you who read my posts regularly will note that this one is a tad different to the norm. Unless it relates to wrong-doing or corruption etc I almost always support the Police.… Read the whole postRead Whole PostThe Angiolini Report
Today there has been much discussion, debate and many views and questions following the publication of The Angiolini Report. Lady Elish Angiolini has been conducting an enquiry following the shocking events surrounding former PC Wayne Couzens and others.… Read the whole postRead Whole Post
Why Do I Bother?
Events from the last week or so have left me wondering “Why do I bother?” In no particular order, the sort of things that have been vexing me are; The extraordinary outcome of an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, but that is far from being an isolated incident. … Read the whole postRead Whole Post
Exactly Why TJF
The main reason I’m writing this is simply because it’s too long for an X Was Twitter. The other reason is to share my views on how & why TJF. I have spent most of this morning on the phone trying to source a new TV because I was stupid enough to watch the latest episode of To Catch A Copper, The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset, Sarah Crew, had invited the cameras in to see how the PSD and Anti Corruption Unit work, what they do and a cross-section of the sort of incidents they deal with.… Read the whole postRead Whole Post
Independent Office for Police Conduct
This week saw the publication of the Independent Office for Police Conduct Annual Report. Fear not, I’m not going to subject you to a precis of all 152 pages, just some of them.… Read the whole postRead Whole Post
Austerity
Who remembers Austerity? Who could forget Austerity unless they were a child at the time? David Camoron and George Osborne gave birth to the idea of Austerity after the Tories’ less than convincing election win in 2010 which resulted in a less than satisfactory coalition with the Lib Dems.… Read the whole postRead Whole Post
Our Woeful Government
Hopefully just a short one today. It seems we’re due a General Election this year, and I couldn’t let that creep up on me without posting a few thoughts about the performance of our woeful government.… Read the whole postRead Whole Post
Lies Damn Lies and the Home Office
There has been discussion recently (again) about Police staffing levels, in the face of an increase in UK population, an increase in demand and the equivalent of an estimated 6,000 of the 21,000 found under the Police Uplift Programme being abstracted from Front Line Policing to fulfil roles usually performed by Police Staff. … Read the whole postRead Whole Post
Time To Stop Banging
Happy New Year to you all, however, cynical old me thinks that it’s time to stop banging my head against the much-abused wall. It suddenly occurred to me that I have been writing this blog for over 10 years, which is an awful lot of bollocks in anybody’s books. … Read the whole postRead Whole Post
