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MPs raise fears over cuts to Army

Reading Time: 3 minutes No Shit Sherlock. Who do they think we are?  Do they think we’re really stupid? Don’t answer that, of course they do. Plans to cut soldiers could leave the Army “short of personnel” and unable to meet future national security needs, a report by MPs has warned. The Commons Defence Select Committee has also expressed […]

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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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Policing In Austerity Two And A Half Years On

Reading Time: < 1 minute In July 2012 HMIC released a series of reports Entitled Policing in Austerity One Year On. They wrote one report for each of the Forces in England and Wales. In each report was contained details of their individual establishment (Police Officers all ranks) together with their planned establishment for March 2015. On 31st January the

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This Is How We Know #CrimeStat Fudging Has Been Going On For Years

Reading Time: 4 minutes I do apologise to you, my reader, but I couldn’t let this go unchallenged any longer. I very nearly said “Damn” when I saw this. Mr Tom Winsor, Head Fred at HMIC, said in May 2013, “Police could be fiddling crime figures, watchdog warns”  Tom Winsor, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said he wanted to

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Stop And Search To Be Replaced By Slap n Tickle?

Reading Time: 4 minutes I might not be the world’s greatest expert on the finer points of PACE but I do like to think that I know a little bit about practical coppering, and I don’t mean bending the rules. After the recent Mark Duggan Inquest it may come as no surprise to hear that our beloved Home Secretary,

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Who’s Looking After Mike Pannett?

Reading Time: 2 minutes The last (honest) in my mini-series on the perils of Rural Policing features North Yorkshire Police, and the home county of our much-loved and respected Mike Pannett (@MikePannett), author and TV/Radio Celebrity. North Yorkshire is the biggest rural area in England, so if it needs to be suitably policed. North Yorkshire consists of 3,209 square

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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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