• What You Measure is What You Get.

    Einstein : Not everything that can be counted counts. And not everything that counts can be counted.
  • About me.

    I know enough to know that at 04.00am it gets dark out on the streets. It has done this for the last twenty odd years, to my knowledge and will probably continue for the forseeable future. At some stage in this ‘future’ I shall retire and probably won’t give a damn if it still gets dark at 04.00am. Until then I shall be out there, somewhere, lurking in the shadows because someone, somewhere will be doing stuff they shouldn’t and then, well then I will introduce myself. In the meanwhile I shall try to remain sane and remember why I joined in the first place and try to ignore all the people who piss me off by making the job more complicated than it should be.
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    Any opinions contained in posts are mine and mine alone. Many of them will not be those of any Police Force, Police Organisation or Police Service around this country. The opinions are based on many years of working within the field of practical operational Police work and reflect the desire to do things with the minimum of interference by way of duplication for the benefit of others who themselves do not do the same job. I recognise that we all perform a wide range of roles and this is essential to make the system work. If you don’t like what you see remember you are only one click on the mouse away from leaving. I accept no responsibility for the comments left by others.
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  • C.T.C. Constabulary.

    A Strategic Community Diversity Partnership. We are working harder than ever before in a multi agency innovative way for a clearer vision of a citizen focused framework and a transparently safer community through strategic empowerment to meet the demands of modern and efficient Policing in the 21st Century. We are moving forward and have a real momentum on the ground. We have a real determination to make your community safe. Exactly what does this all mean ? I don’t fully understand but it does sound pretty good. That could be important. If all else fails itis because we have made an honest error of judgement, made inadvertent mistakes and one of our partners has made an administrative oversight. Either way itis someone else’s fault. We have learnt from our mistakes and apologise.
  • Whichendbites

    “We trained very hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising. It can be a wonderful method of creating the illusion of progress while creating confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.”......Petronius
  • Just so.

    Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.
  • Reality.

    Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

Dog Bites…..ouch.

The next time you hear someone shouting these words’
“Police Officer with a dog, stop or I’ll send the dog “
Exactly what should you do ?
Choose your answer and your subsequent actions carefully.
Is it
Answer A: Ignore them, they’re only bullshitting you. Run off.
Answer B: Even if there is a dog I can either outrun it [...]

Whoever said History was boring ?

Some true facts…………IN THE 1500′S
The next time washing your hands and complaining because the water temperature isn’t just right, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
These are interesting….
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled [...]

Less paperwork ????

Crime in England and Wales has remained stable during the past year, according to Home Office figures. Police recorded the first fall in overall violence in eight years, but drug offences and robbery went up. The figures also indicate 24-hour drinking laws have not changed rates of alcohol-fuelled crime, but have merely shifted incidents to [...]

visa rules ?

Visa rules?
United States: Overstay your visa and you are banned from returning for six years.
Britain: Overstay your visa and your MP works hard to prevent you from leaving!
Why is Britain always the soft touch!?!
Got this from Not Proud Of Britain (But Would Like To Be) http://notproudofbritain.blogspot.com/

3rd world bomb squad


Border Police.

So Mr Brown recommends a new Border Police, from multi-agency type of approach. Great news. This will help with immigration and the like, I’m sure. But then again perhaps not.
We know where every untaxed car is in the country, located amongst all the millions of cars there are on the roads withn the UK, allegedly. [...]

One of the better nights.

I’m driving around an area that has been hit hard with burglaries during the night. The crime analyst shows us that the offences are between 1900 and 0400, thats 7pm and 4am in old money. I have just moved from one series of lanes, alleyways and footpaths towards another. I narrow the times down to [...]

BECOMING A MAN - degree course

BECOMING A MAN - TWO YEAR DEGREE COURSE
A new two-year degree is being offered at the University that many of you should be
interested in: Becoming a Real Man.
That’s right, in just six mini-semesters, you, too, can be a
real man as well as earn an MA degree. (Male Arts)
Please take a moment to look over the [...]

Constantly, and I mean constantly,

Well I have heard (again) that the Government wants to reduce bureaucracy, reduce paperwork and get us out onto the streets more. After all, thats what the public want. Thats the way to deter crime and increase public confidence and the feeling of safety. How many times have we heard this before.
The problem is that [...]

Mental Health Hotline.

Mental Health Hotline, this just takes automated call handling to a new level. This is almost as good as the Police automated system.
“Hello and welcome to the Mental Health Hotline.
If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.
If you are co-dependant, ask someone to press 2 for you.
If you have multiple personalities, press 3,4,5,6.
If you are paranoid [...]