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The Met Re-Launches Operation Own Goal

Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in the beginning of February I asked the Met for the cost of the James Patrick Disciplinary Enquiry.  Their reply, you may remember, was Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) investigations are not routinely costed by the MPS. The investigation into PC James Patrick has accordingly, not been attributed a cost. Furthermore, should a member […]

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What The Flying **** Does The Met Think It’s Doing?

Reading Time: 3 minutes I should think you’ve all heard by now the latest sorry chapter in the James Patrick saga. More Disciplinary proceedings. Why? I know what for. Appearing on BBC’s The One Show and giving a radio interview on Five Live without the Job’s authority. Under the circumstances, who would actually have granted that authority?  Yes, I

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Met Police Stop Whistleblower’s Pay – Followed By Shock Exit Of Whistleblower

Reading Time: 2 minutes Met Police stop whistleblower’s pay – Channel 4 News.   PC James Patrick, who resigned from the force over his treatment at the hands of senior officers, is claiming constructive dismissal, saying he was victimised for speaking out. But, because of a “quirk of the rules”, police officers are denied the “interim relief” pay other

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Social Media Is Not Without Its Risks

Reading Time: 2 minutes The dust hasn’t even settled on the James Patrick situation.  We haven’t heard the last of that yet [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLQ90E6mmuw] Now we have another absolute travesty of justice (justice?) or so it would seem. It seems as though the wrong man has been sacked for being a Twitter user. I’m not familiar with either of

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What’s That Coming Over The Hill? Is It A Shit Storm?

Reading Time: 2 minutes With due respect to The Automatic and their delightful ditty, the title seemed appropriate.   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS9DKJ_iySc&w=560&h=315] So the Public Administration Select Committee have published their report into #Crimestats and have instructed HMIC to conduct an investigation into the Metropolitan Police and the manner in which they have treated one of their officers, Constable James

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Welcome Aboard The RMS Titanic – Or The Met As She Likes To Be Called

Reading Time: 6 minutes I must thank my good friend Dai for the inspiration for this post.  There we were mulling over the problems that the Met have caused for the rest of the Policing World, each with the beverage of our choice, a Guinness for him and a White Wine Spritzer for me, although Cornflakes might have been

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Am I A Conspiracy Theorist Or Is There A Conspiracy?

Reading Time: 5 minutes I try not to be too much of a Conspiracy Theorist, but sometimes it’s easy to fall into that mode. But sometimes things happen that just lend themselves to ‘Conspiracy’. I have thought hard over whether I should even write this blog, but I’ve decided that I should, the truth (Conspiracy or not) is too

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The Curious Case of Constable James Patrick

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hello again, This is getting boring now. Yet another blog about James.  Well, this sorry saga has crept along just a little bit more since I spoke to you last.  As you know I asked the Met how much James’ Disciplinary Enquiry had cost to date.  They replied and said that they didn’t know because

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And the Melton Mowbray For 2014 Is Awarded To……The Met

Reading Time: 7 minutes I don’t have many proud days in my life, but 3rd July 1972 was one of them, I joined the Met.  16 weeks later I passed out of Henditz Training School and that was another.  In 1995 I was presented with my Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by the Commish (it should have been

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