• 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.

  • Opinions

    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 cutting bureaucracy and reducing the recording of target and monitoring related statistics. Our senior leaders will drive small, economical cars from our fleet surplus to save money to invest in better equipment for our frontline response officers. We are investing money to reinstate station canteens for the benefits of those 24/7 response officers. We have a pursuit policy. The message is that if you commit an offence and use a vehicle, we will follow you and stop you if necessary. It is your duty to stop when the lights and sirens are on. We take account of the findings of the Force questionnaire and are reducing the administration and management levels and returning these officers to frontline response duties. We insist on a work-life balance. We have no political masters. We are implimenting selection processes that take account of an individuals skills and proven abilities for the job. Our senior leaders will have one foot in reality and still possess the operational Policing skills they have long forgotton about and seldom used. All ranks are Police Officers first and specialists second. We will impliment career development and performance evaluation monitoring of our leaders by those officers who operate under that leadership. The most important role is that of Constable. All other roles are there to positively support the role and the responsibility of Constable and the duties performed.

  • 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.

  • Rank V’s Responsibility

    Don't confuse your idea of how important you are with the responsibility of your role.

  • Meetings.

    If you had to identify, in one word, why we will never achieve our full potential, Meetings would be that word.

  • There is always a bigger picture.

    When there is no answer to your problem, there is always deflection from the need to justify giving an answer.

Dog Bites…..ouch.

Posted on July 30, 2007 by whichendbites

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 [...]

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Whoever said History was boring ?

Posted on July 29, 2007 by whichendbites

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 [...]

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Less paperwork ????

Posted on July 28, 2007 by whichendbites

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 [...]

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visa rules ?

Posted on July 28, 2007 by whichendbites

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/

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3rd world bomb squad

Posted on July 27, 2007 by whichendbites

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Border Police.

Posted on July 26, 2007 by whichendbites

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. [...]

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One of the better nights.

Posted on July 26, 2007 by whichendbites

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 [...]

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BECOMING A MAN – degree course

Posted on July 25, 2007 by whichendbites

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 [...]

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Constantly, and I mean constantly,

Posted on July 24, 2007 by whichendbites

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 [...]

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Mental Health Hotline.

Posted on July 23, 2007 by whichendbites

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 [...]

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