Mainly a blog site about Policing…….Mainly.
Reading Time: < 1 minute No, not the legendary Think Tank, but Police Reform. Where are we with Police Reform? Quite honestly I’ve had enough of hearing about it, and…
Reading Time: 3 minutes As a devout cynic I shuddered mightily when the announcement, followed by the reality, that we were going to (and have done) lose 17,500 Police…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Someone suggests that you might need Refresher Training for Stop and Search. Stop and Search SHOULD be taught in Basic Training and I’d be absolutely…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Those of you who know me in my real life will know that I have never backed away from a fight with Management, even when…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thursday saw a bizarre event. The people voted and it seems that the people voted for five more years of Cuts and Austerity, and that…
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…
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s only Tuesday, and my quill is already getting blunt. Yesterday I discussed the (yet again) vindictive reports coming out of HMIC and IPCC, you…
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…
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…
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…