• 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.

Picture this 2.

Posted on October 31, 2007 by whichendbites

The story continues……….
The old lady walked across the square carrying two bags of groceries towards the group of young people. As she neared they exchanged greetings. Whilst doing so the handles on one her bags broke and her groceries fell to the floor.
She probably cussed, I couldn’t hear and I was amazed to see several [...]

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Becoming a Man – Two year degree course

Posted on October 31, 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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Honour the Covenant

Posted on October 31, 2007 by whichendbites

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=516704

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5% = VFM

Posted on October 29, 2007 by whichendbites

5% is value for money, apparently, but only for some. 
MPs totted up £87.6m in expenses in the last financial year – a “like for like” rise of about 5% on the previous year, according to House of Commons figures.
The figures average out at about £135,600 an MP, on top of their basic salary of [...]

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Picture this.

Posted on October 29, 2007 by whichendbites

You are walking across the market square of a small town. Itis a Saturday afternoon and weather is fine. In the centre of the square are a number of young people. There are 3 or 4, probably 18 or 19 years of age who are sat on their mopeds with their helmets sitting on the back [...]

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Swings and Roundabouts.

Posted on October 28, 2007 by whichendbites

Here in the legal playground the most popular piece of apparatus seems to be, not the swings or slide, but the see-saw.  

A Hartlepool man is facing jail after he urinated on a  disabled woman who lay dying in the street.
The 27-year-old shouted “this is YouTube material” as he degraded Christine Lakinski, 50, who had fallen [...]

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Whizz bang

Posted on October 27, 2007 by whichendbites

There was football today. Another excuse for the Country’s National Sport to become anything but. The alleged ‘fans’ who seem to spend their pre-match time getting some ale into their faces so they can jeer, tease and chant provocation at the opposing ‘fans’. The venom and hatred in their faces is clear, they wear it [...]

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At least the dogs are happy.

Posted on October 26, 2007 by whichendbites

We drive through the early hours to get to the station for the briefing. Everyone looks half asleep. Itis stupid o’clock and only Police, criminals and the eternally stupid are awake. Even the paper workers, bakers and posties are coming to terms with the new day with a cup of their favourite brew at home.
Inspector whoever gives [...]

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New Blog

Posted on October 25, 2007 by whichendbites

I am in the process of transferring from blogger to wordpress. Please bear with me whilst I undergo this changeover and thanks for looking.
WEB 

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Lest we forget.

Posted on October 25, 2007 by whichendbites

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