Piggies in the middle………..

With minimum ’staffing’ levels over the festive break, all resources have been pushed to the limit on many occasions. The SLT see the festive break as exactly that.  They expect each and every officer who is working have a bit of a double time holiday whilst they laze around the various stations doing nowt, waiting [...]

Festive message.

Please accept my warmest wishes for the Xmas period and the new year.
For those of us who have to work during this time of minimum staffing levels, the demands are different and I hope you join your families, friends or partners safely at the end of your shift.
We all know that some of our more [...]

Ghost of Christmas past.

Its a few days before Christmas.
Dave, as I’ll call him, an only son has come back on home leave. He’s in the Army. Its dangerous and stressful. He has been looking forward to coming home for months. He’s 18 years old and is looking forward to time with his family after a tour abroad and some beer with his [...]

New broom, same debris.

There are changes afoot at the CTCC with a new line in branding and efforts to promote the new and revised corporate image, ideology and publicised strategies. We may even have a new logo to show how we are moving forward.
The SMT have been the first to strike and they have been re-marketed as the [...]

Learning curve.

As with life, you learn by your mistakes.
Sometimes the lesson is short, sweet and provides only a minor deviation from the rest of the ills that life throws into your face. Sometimes, some other times, the lesson comes on a bit of a sudden and sharp curve with a bit of a kick in the proverbials.
The [...]

What credit crunch ?

The Ministry of Justice has been accused of wasting a “colossal” amount of taxpayers’ money after spending more than £130 million refurbishing an old office block for its new headquarters.  This is the cost of the project to create a new home for Justice Secretary Jack Straw and his staff.
From the outside, the Ministry of [...]

Pensioner P.

Pensioner P lives alone. Pensioner P’s wife died several years ago. They have no children. He is almost alone but states he is alright and not as bad off as some others. He does not want to go into a care home as this is his life.
Pensioner P has been burgled 5 times in less than one year.
Pensioner [...]

Work related stress.

What sort of level of sadness, depression or work related stress will lead someone to kill themselves by jumping to their death over high cliffs ?
After reading this article I keep asking myself this question.
You work for an organisation for 17 years, you are happy in your job, until someone else takes over and suddenly your [...]

Revolution or reinvention ?

At the CTCC we intend to implement a radical and stunning new initiative to combat crime, the fear of crime and to help us in our efforts to reduce crime, the fear of crime and to help make our neighbourhoods safer.
We are taking a leaf out of the book of Norfolk Police who have decreed [...]

Have you seen them ?

How do you lose 180,000 asylum seekers ?
Up to 180,000 asylum seekers are to be granted a ‘back door’ amnesty to live in Britain.
They include failed refugees who should have been deported, and migrants whose claims were never even concluded by the Home Office.
Instead, their files were lost or left unfinished as the asylum system [...]