Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
I’m not sure that I know the answer but I fear it may be the former, but some important people have yet to come up with some important answers. Time to update an old favourite., Our Shrinking Police Service. Where …
Is The Police Family Dying? Or Merely Playacting? Read more »
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 …
I was chatting to my old mate Dick over at Force HQ the other day (no, I’m not going to tell you which Force) and I got the distinct impression that, despite promises to the contrary, the Front Line was …
The Front Line Is Being Protected (or Maybe Not) Read more »
Not that I’m laughing, it’s just that I can’t quite compare it to any other week, some good, some bad. It started off on Monday with the promise that someone from the Dyfed Powys PCC’s office would phone me to …
I mentioned in a recent blog that the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset, Mr Nick Gargan QPM, had been publicising on Twitter the fact that his force had been awarded a Gold Achievement Award by Investors in People. This …
Or am I completely barking? Police Officers are being moved out of ‘back room’ jobs and put back on the beat where they have always belonged, right? No arguement there. Police Staff (Civvies or Civilian Support Staff) then spread themselves …
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 …
I must have been asleep. I do sleep occasionally, I am sorry, but while I was asleep I missed the Home Office release of Police Service Strength figures last month. In 2011 Theresa May told us that we would see …
How to Do More With Less & How the Home Office Treat Stats Read more »
For the benefit of those of you who can’t get through the Police Oracle paywall, I thought you might be interested in the following article; [I hope they don’t mind] “Bedfordshire Police officers were told to stop complaining about cuts …
Or is it? It cannot have escaped your notice that Warwickshire Constabulary are actively recruiting Civilian Investigators to investigate serious crimes. Yesterday, Fraser Pithie, the Conservative candidate for Warwickshire, wrote an article on the subject amusingly called Fighting Crime Not …