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Will The Last One Out Please Turn Off The Lights – UK PLC Is Heading For The Badlands

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 Officers under Dave Camoron’s ‘Reforms’. That was bad enough and I don’t need to go over old ground, we have all seen the reality, the constant ‘Crying Wolf’, Cuts do […]

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Policy Exchange – The Sequel (Other Think Tanks Are Available)

Reading Time: 6 minutes There I was, Saturday night, trying to find something to take my mind off the travesty that is Eurovision, when I came upon this tweet from Clive Chamberlain I’ve achieved something on Twitter! Blocked by Policy Exchange for continuing to ask who funds them 👍🏼 pic.twitter.com/5OwkNwaOkX — Clive Chamberlain (@MrCliveC) May 23, 2015 BLOCKED? By

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Is Theresa May Completely Out Of Touch With Everybody?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Have her advisers and researchers let her down? Is she poorly briefed? Maybe she just knows better than everybody else and we have yet to realise that. Maybe she is rigidly toeing the Party Line and doing & saying just what Mr Camoron tells her to do and say. One thing that is for certain

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Don’t Let Apathy And Despondency Win

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 it was blindingly obvious that I was destined to lose.  When I have seen injustice and unfairness or something else that wasn’t quite right, particularly in my latter years, I

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If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It–What The Country Voted For

Reading Time: 4 minutes In Camoron’s first incarnation as the Nation’s Prime Minister he set about reforming the Legal System system, amongst others.  In doing so he aimed to save about £450 Million from Legal Aid bills.  This led to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO coming into force. This Act, which personally I

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Come On Cruella – Explain It To Us

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ii have heard many eloquent people highlighting the problems faced by Police and Public alike caused by the government’s reckless policy of repeatedly cutting the Police Budget. I know that this problem applies to other PublicSectors also, but today I am concentrating solely on the Police. It is frequently stated within the Police Service that

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Is The College Of Policing Selective With Its Communications?

Reading Time: 2 minutes I guess we’re all coming to terms with the College of Policing, and frankly I’m glad that I don’t have to concern myself with it unduly. We recently (12th March)  heard about their National Scrutiny of Undercover Policing, but in reality that panel had their first meeting in July 2014. Had anybody heard about this

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It Has Never Been A Better Time To Be A Volunteer

Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s Official. Be a Volunteer. Loads of opportunities.  Never be Bored and Fed Up again.  Let’s take a look and see some of the opportunities Volunteering has to offer. Territorial Army – OK I know it’s not Voluntary Work in the accepted sense, but I’m sure you get my drift.  “They have sometimes been dismissed

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Policing Under Theresa May – Some Undeniable Truths

Reading Time: 6 minutes While I sit and ponder my future I found myself thinking about a couple of ‘Improvements’ that Theresa May has made to Policing.  My experience and knowledge is really linked to the Met, so if I say something which does not extend to your Force please forgive me, unlike Ms Khan, any unfair generalisations are

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