So Were Regan And Hunt Really So Bad?
In the last few weeks I’ve thought a lot about the poor old Met. What has happened to it over the years? Where is it going? Why is it going there? When I joined mid 72 I heard a lot, …
Tag: Corruption
Professional Standards – But My Way
If a certain well known Danish Brewery did Professional Standards Departments they MIGHT align with my version. I would base it more or less on the model that existed in the Met in the late 90s under Sir Ian Blair. …
PENETRATION – Fact, Fiction or Theory.
Now that I’ve got your attention I have to confess that word should have been INFILTRATION. I’m not very experienced at a Fiction writing, hardly any at all compared to some others in much higher office and their Expenses Claims. …
I Hear The Sound Of Distant Shredders
With apologies to the song of a similar name. There can’t be a single person in the land that has not heard the monumental news that the Met will be investigated over (I think) 14 allegations relating to the alleged …
Deep Joy, Kick The Cops Time Is Here Again
Last week we had the keenly awaited report from Uncle Tom’s Flock of Sheep regarding Integrity and Corruption within the Police Service. It clearly didn’t say what a lot of people wanted it to say as it led to some …
Thoughts For The Week
Winners and Losers In a week that has seen 2 major documents released into the wild who are the winners and the losers? Are there any winners at all? Well, there are certainly some losers. In the 6 monthly release …
The Evidence I Shall Give Shall Be The Bollox, The Whole Bollox and Nothing But The Bollox
Well, it’s nothing to do with Evidence really, I just fancied the Title, but it does have an awful lot to do with BOLLOX with a a CAPITAL B. I’ve been nice to the Met for a couple of days …
If We Were All Police Officers
And someone made allegations that there was a paedophile ring operating within our Police Force the public, quite rightly, would demand a full and diligent enquiry to get to the bottom of it. If we had lost a bundle of …
Corruption In The Met
Now, there’s a headline to grab your attention. I have never denied that there is corruption present within the Met, I know there is. I have, however, frequently disputed the scale of that corruption. Personally I do not think it’s …
More Than One Way To Skin A Cat
There most certainly is. If you live and work in the UK, at, say, maybe somewhere like the Met for example, you could be what they like to call a ‘Whistleblower’. You can report wrongdoing, corruption, unacceptable practices, maybe even …