• 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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    Twining on Dog Logic
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    Tony F on PC Bill Barker
    Tony F on Never trust a teddy.
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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 Logic

Posted on November 23, 2009 by whichendbites

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. -Josh Billings
The average dog is a nicer [...]

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PC Bill Barker

Posted on November 20, 2009 by whichendbites

Message from Cumbria Constabulary Chief Constable Craig Mackey:
“It is with deep sadness that I can confirm that the body found on a beach at Allonby this afternoon is that of our friend and colleague PC Bill Barker.
“Over the last few days Cumbria has faced some of the most severe weather conditions ever and Bill [...]

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Never trust a teddy.

Posted on November 19, 2009 by whichendbites

The PR crackled into life all of a sudden. The call was obviously urgent and any unit available was wanted to make for the edge of the Britannia Estate. The doctor’s surgery above the community centre had got unwanted visitors. They had been seen to climb across the roof before forcing a window and gaining [...]

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Bullshit Bingo

Posted on November 15, 2009 by whichendbites

 Are you bored, or fed up with the latest meeting or seemingly pointless conference. When you need that extra little diversion to break the tedium of listening to jobsworths talking bullshit to justify their existence instead of getting on with a real and meaningful job, then opt for bullshit bingo.
Listen to the endless, spouting jargon [...]

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TPAC

Posted on November 10, 2009 by whichendbites

RPU meeting on TPAC policy. You couldn’t make it up.

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Theft of poppy collection box.

Posted on November 7, 2009 by whichendbites

You just have to see this. Thanks to Kendl for spotting this one.
Theft of a poppy collection box recorded on CCTC. Good detail and clear video evidence  for a change.

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Fork Handles

Posted on November 7, 2009 by whichendbites

Handles for forks………….

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A Minute for Madeline McCann

Posted on November 5, 2009 by whichendbites

So its one minute and 30 odd seconds. Please pass it on.

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Dangerous Dog – Out of control.

Posted on November 4, 2009 by whichendbites

Thanks to Ambush Predator for bringing this to my attention. A  reported incident where an allegedly dangerous dog attacked a woman who was out walking and the Police took no action.
The reported story alleges that the Police have failed to act over a dangerous dog incident that resulted in a woman being bitten by a [...]

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For their sake……….

Posted on October 30, 2009 by whichendbites

Please buy a poppy.

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