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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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WYP Enter The Open And Transparent Arena #DontDitchTheDogs

Reading Time: 3 minutes On 8th March I submitted an #FOI request to West Yorkshire Police in relation to their declared intent to reduce the number of Police Dogs from 27 to 20. Could you please a) Confirm the intention to reduce Police Dog numbers from 27 to 20 b) Provide me with copies of all Risk and/or Impact

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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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The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing Like The Truth

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last month I wrote a blog about the cost to the public purse of the disciplinary investigation into PC James Patrick. If you haven’t already read it, you can read it here. The result of that FOI request was that the Met could not tell me how much that enquiry had cost because that information

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The Criminals Have More Rights And Respect Than We Do…..

Reading Time: 2 minutes And this is how that works. Many years ago before I retired from the Metropolitan Police Farce, one of my jobs was putting together proactive packages against prolific criminals.  These had to be meticulously researched, all intelligence correctly evaluated, and the final part of the Target Collection Plan was a Risk and/or Impact Assessment. The

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The Home Office Really Have Lost The Plot

Reading Time: 2 minutes And this time it is nothing to do with me. Two like-minded citizens currently have Freedom of Information Requests languishing with the Home Office.  One has been refused and is undergoing an appeal, the other they are considering whether to confirm or deny that they have the information requested.  Don’t you like that one? Considering

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The Public Cost of The James Patrick Disciplinary Investigation

Reading Time: 3 minutes As you all know PC James Patrick of the Metropolitan Police has been facing Disciplinary Proceedings for approx 18 months (forgive me on the exact length of time, but it’s about that).  Initially he was told that he was facing a charge of Gross Misconduct and as such faced losing his job if found guilty. 

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The Bonus Culture In Public Service

Reading Time: 2 minutes My Flabber was literally Ghasted recently when I read in the News that DWP staff had been paid cash bonuses for basically doing their job.  Approximately £44 Million was shared between about 98% of them 62 people shared £671,000 on top of top salaries adding to a six figure. The average 99,739 staff shared more

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