Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
I thought that Policing was much about Right and Wrong, making sure people do things right and prosecuting (other methods of Disposal are also available) the ones who didn’t. Am I very wide of the mark there? Simplistic I know, …
Shouldn’t The College of Policing Be Better Behaved? Read more »
I guess we’re all coming to terms with the College of Policing, and frankly I’m glad that I don’t have to concern myself with it unduly. We recently (12th March) Â heard about their National Scrutiny of Undercover Policing, but in …
Is The College Of Policing Selective With Its Communications? Read more »
While I sit and ponder my future I found myself thinking about a couple of ‘Improvements’ that Theresa May has made to Policing. My experience and knowledge is really linked to the Met, so if I say something which does …
Policing Under Theresa May – Some Undeniable Truths Read more »
As most of us are #BlockedBySophie I’m guessing that most of you won’t have seen Sophie Khan’s quite reasonable defence as to why she’s on the UC Scrutiny Panel. To avoid claims of bias, I won’t twist it, I’ll let …
CofP National UC Scrutiny Panel – Sophie Fights Back Read more »
Sorry to keep banging on about it, but I happen to think it’s important. We’ve now had about 48 hours since the news broke that Sue Mountstevens and Sophie Khan are part of the panel looking at Undercover Policing. Now …
No, the two aren’t necessarily connected, just two items of insanity floating around Twitter last night. Firstly the College of Policing (CoP) has announced a national scrutiny into undercover policing; http://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Pages/National-undercover-scrutiny-.aspx Included in the panel are the Police Action Centre …
So, the first (or the first that I have seen anyway) results of Mr Tom Winsor’s famous Police Fitness Tests have been released by the College of Policing. Out of 30,000 officers from 39 Forces, sorry, Services, only 851 ‘failed’ …
Somewhere round about the middle of December I wrote about the loneliness of the Rural Police Officer in Dyfed Powys Police. You can find it here if you haven’t already read it. Then I found this article here about how …