The morale of the story ?
The Ant and The GrasshopperOLD VERSION:The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and...
View ArticleTough on crime.
Between 1986 and 2000 Michael Porter admitted gross indecency and indecent assault offences against young boys as young as 18 months. He was recently convicted and sentenced to a three year...
View ArticleObligations, part 2.
I am here today to pay tribute to you, to the forces you lead, to the local police authorities you work with, and above all, the 140,000 police officers and police staff who each day take...
View Article90 Minutes
I hear the phone ringing, I wait for an answer. My mouth is dry and I don't want to speak. I can't remember dialling the number. Eventually it is answered just as I am about to hang up and delay the...
View ArticleThanks
I have been deeply touched by the numbers of responses to my 90 minutes post. This post was real and was spawned by the demise of my ex-partner who enjoyed a short retirement of only a couple of years...
View ArticleINTERESTING STUFF ?
In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of...
View ArticleA,B,C, its as easy as 1,2,3.
Well its interesting when you speak to colleagues from other areas or Forces and see that itis not only you that has a rather large volume of paperwork that you feel is irrelevant, unnecessary and adds...
View ArticleA SENIOR MOMENT
A group of young students were on a bus discussing the burden placed on society by the older generation of pensioners. One of the pensioners took great exeption to some of the comments and stated that...
View ArticleEconomy.
I have recently visited a large organisation and sat a while in the plush surroundings awaiting the arrival of one of the directors for a bit of a chat.We talked at length about the macro economy,...
View ArticleTwo patients.
Two patients limp into two different medical surgeries with the similar complaints. Both have a great deal of trouble walking, both are in considerable pain and appear to need a hip replacement. This...
View ArticleGive that man a prize.
The correct answer was............................Stan still, you are correct. Go out and buy yourself a nice cake.The first was a dog and the second was a human.Stan........nice to see you are still...
View ArticleStop & Search
It seems that there might some new stop & search going on soon.What heinous crime are we looking towards ?Those criminals who dump their weekly rubbish unlawfully ?Those who put out more than...
View ArticleACPO concerns.
It appears that heads have been above the parapet concerning a variety of statistics that can be wrongly interpretted and Forces unfairly criticised.If I believe the reports, Chief Constables have...
View ArticleTeamwork.
'M' District is being hit by another spate of vehicle crime. We are able to read the daily crime intelligence and hit on the subject before the analysts recognise the trend and send the info to who...
View ArticleBureaucracy ? Whats all that about then ?
Thanks to a comment posted on one of my posts by Steve Roberts I have had a look at this posted on his blog Abundant...
View ArticleRun wild, run free.
It seems that research shows that children who are not subject to parental control, who come from troubled family relationships and other background reasons are allowed to grow up to become the thugs...
View ArticleHarm or Hazard ?
Alcohol, harm or hazard ?That is the dilemma I have after todays news.Alcohol excesses are spoken about in this way but what is the difference ?Too much is harmful, I agree.Too much is a hazard if you...
View ArticleReligion.
I'm sure you've heard people talking about religion on the news or the radio and have formed the view that anyone who even thinks anything to the detriment of a certain religion is castigated as one of...
View ArticleWhat would you have done.
Put yourself in this position.You are a manager who decides what resources to allocate to different 'target' needs.You have two specific areas that you decide you need to provide support for.The first...
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New Dog
A colleague from a different part of the country sent me this. I must stress that this is not part of a new efficiency drive to reduce costs. Having said that, the food bill would reduce as we could...
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