Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
Last year we had one hell of a kerfuffle over #CrimeStats, they were, quite rightly, shown up by James Patrick for exactly what they are and what they’re worth – Nada. Any Police Officer or ex Police Officer who chooses …
For months and even years now, ex PC James Patrick fought the law, and the law won. Whistleblower Extraordinaire, he exposed an undeniable truth, that CrimeStats were being routinely fiddled by a variety of people within the Met, and for …
Who Would be a Whistleblower? Not many, it takes a particular type of person. Who would be a Whistleblower in the Met? Not very many at all, and after the recent shenanigans I would be entirely surprised if anybody at …
Balance of probabilities is the standard of proof required in all civil cases (and Disciplinary Hearings). It basically means that to win you need to convince the judge/Chairperson that your case is 51% likely to be true. i.e. your story …
I almost never have any time for Richard Littlejohn, so this is probably a first for me, and maybe for you.This is an old article from the Daily Fail dating back to December 2012, prophetic in parts, and probably not …
Without brave whistleblowers, Ali Dizaei would be running the Met police Read more »
What is it that’s so bleeding obvious? That the Met has lost its way. Never before have I known it to flounder and flap around like a fish out of water as they are at the moment under their current …
There most certainly is. If you live and work in the UK, at, say, maybe somewhere like the Met for example, you could be what they like to call a ‘Whistleblower’. You can report wrongdoing, corruption, unacceptable practices, maybe even …
Costas? Starbucks? Cafe Nero? White Wine Spritzer? Gin and Tonic? A Pint of Foaming Ale? How about donating the cost of just ONE drink to the James Patrick Fighting Fund? Since I started these blogs for fundraising they have been …
You are both well aware of the total furore that has erupted in past months about the alleged ‘fiddling’ of crime figures. I am aware Mr Winsor that your HMIC recently published an interim report on the matter and I …
An Open Letter to Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and Mr Tom Winsor Read more »
At the very least all Constables. You will doubtless be aware that Constable James Patrick of the Metropolitan Police Service is less than one week away from his resignation date, having ‘blown the whistle’ on the way Crime Figures have …