Mainly a blog site about the rights and wrongs of Policing. Mainly.
Nope, nothing to do me this one. This catchy little title is the brainchild of Professor Tim Hope, Professor of Criminology at the University of Salford, which is a place near Manchester if I’m not mistaken. Following on from TMIC’s …
Fear is a powerful emotion. Let’s be honest, in the main, we tend to take notice of our fears, and for good, sensible reasons. Large organisations suffer corporate fear too. They tend to have a serious fear of Whistleblowers, and …
Yesterday saw the publication of the HMIC report into allegations that Police Forces across England and Wales have been systematically under-recording crimes. They conclude that Police Forces have failed to record about 800,000 crimes a year, including 25% of Sex …
Are you a retired or serving or otherwise Ex Police Officer? Maybe your career was terminated prematurely by order of the Discipline Panel? Do you have a story to tell? Do you want that story to be told? Do you …
I’m sure you don’t need reminding that Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is the ‘top cop’ in the land, the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Big Cheese, Top Johnny. He is in charge. Under his stewardship we have seen one of …
So Just When Will Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe Resign? Read more »
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 …
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 »
Some thoughts from the Home Office on Police and Whistleblowing by Good Cop Down
An open letter from JP to Sir Bernard Hogan-Who, James’s words say it so very clearly, I won’t even begin to paraphrase them. Good luck James, and I hope your future is brighter now that you have achieved ‘Closure’ on …
I sat down this morning to watch the video of the Greater London Policing and Crime Committee meeting from 13th May and to read the transcript of same meeting. I very soon thought I was watching an episode of The …