Reading Time: 3 minutes …………being kept in the dark and fed Bullshit. That august body the National Audit Office has pronounced that Government Ministers don’t actually have enough information to assess the impact of Austerity cuts on Policing. However, that does not stop Theresa May and Mike Penning repeating the clearly incorrect mantra that the Police are well-equipped to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nearly 17,000 trained Police Officers have been discarded by the current coalition since they came to power. A similar number of Police Staff (civvies in old money) have also been turfed onto the scrap heap. It is estimated that a similar scale of carnage will be committed in the following years due to the coaltion’s
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 really slanted reporting by the Media. As I pointed out last week, it included nuggets
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 of manpower figures for the 43 Forces, the two outright losers are Durham and West
Reading Time: 2 minutes I won’t bore you for long today. Basically, I made an FOI request to the Home Office asking for copies of Risk Assessments and Impact Assessments in relation to the previously announced 5% cut to Police Budgets. They were due to answer today. This is the response I have been given; We are considering your
Reading Time: 4 minutes All of the above seemingly apply to you Home Secretary, although you’re not really the Home Secretary are you? You’re just another Tory Puppet trying to make Camoron’s 2006 visions become a reality. A REAL Home Secretary, of any party, would CARE for his/her Police Service. I know the Federation upset you, but oh deary
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Reading Time: 2 minutes So, the worst kept secret of modern day policing is out, our old friend and valued colleague, Tom Winsor, is to become a Knight of The Realm. It is to be noted that this award has been given for ‘Public Service’ and not for ‘Services to Policing’, although the joke is maintained by including it
Reading Time: 2 minutes I suspect that I had something in common with many of yesterday. I was incandescent with rage, not an unusual condition for me, but it seems it’s infectious. The thing that sparked it off yesterday was the anticipated news that Police Budgets across England and Wales were being slashed by a further 5% or £299
Reading Time: 2 minutes What on earth is going on in the rarified atmosphere occupied by the ACPO types? They’re beginning to sing from the same hymn book as us lesser mortals (or are they?) The last few days has seen headlines such as Lincolnshire Police chief says force will go out of business in letter to the Home
Reading Time: 2 minutes So, some rebadged twat has won a By Election somewhere in rural England, Big Deal. The real news of today is this One in six police jobs expected to go after election, say senior officers or Police cuts: Tories to axe another 34,000 cops and police staff.. Yes, today’s big news is that this ragtag
