tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109009672024-03-13T18:33:06.689+00:00The Thin Blue LineOnce a diary of the wild eye adventures of a new police officer, then the new eyes while a Detective and now a Detective Sergeant on a national unit, still seeing the same faces.thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-62539996928694149232010-07-11T18:34:00.004+01:002010-08-23T18:55:47.616+01:00You aint seen me, right !I thought I had walked away from blogging,<br />I thought things may improve as I moved rank and roles,<br />I thought that the government was investing in the "force",<br />I thought , I like ice-cream.<br /><br />Only 1 out of 4, is correct.<br /><br />Which is a bit like getting convictions at court, now that I think of it.<br /><br />I wish Pc David Rathband and his family my heartfelt thanks for doing his job, and I hope he will in time recover and have his wounds heal as best they can.thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-45767253471357795272009-07-24T11:11:00.003+01:002010-07-11T18:34:09.232+01:00So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SmmI_8lyksI/AAAAAAAAANE/gm_yxkm1l34/s1600-h/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_fish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SmmI_8lyksI/AAAAAAAAANE/gm_yxkm1l34/s320/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_fish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361967463539053250" border="0" /></a><br />A big thank you to all my readers over the years and every body who has commented and sent me emails. Good luck to all the other police bloggers , keep up the great work.<br /><br />I have been posted in a Detective Sergents role and its time to move on and away from the online world .<br /><br />Have fun , be safe , enjoy life and please get out from behind the desk / computer and see the fantastic world we live in.<br /><br />This world is for the living and enjoyment of it all , by parting words<br /><br /><br /><center> <dd> <blockquote></blockquote>To laugh often and much;</dd> </center><center> <dd> To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;</dd> </center><center> <dd> To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;</dd> </center><center> <dd> To appreciate beauty;</dd> </center><center> <dd> To find the best in others;</dd> </center><center> <dd> To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;</dd> </center><center> <dd> To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;</dd> </center><center> <dd> This is to have succeeded.</dd> </center><blockquote></blockquote><br />-Ralph Waldo Emersonthinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-40761788864671365922009-04-28T14:10:00.003+01:002009-04-28T14:20:38.541+01:00Congrats<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SfcAbvzdywI/AAAAAAAAAM8/jGU2EoJcHaE/s1600-h/skipper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SfcAbvzdywI/AAAAAAAAAM8/jGU2EoJcHaE/s200/skipper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329729160705067778" border="0" /></a><br />Yesterday , I like hundreds of other officers up and down the country found out our results of the recent <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sergent's</span> exam.<br /><br />Congratulations to all those who were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">successful</span> and I will be joining you all in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">celebrations</span> of getting that under the belt and out of the way !<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WHOOOOO</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">HOOOO</span></span><br /><br />I was thinking of something to post that would <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">reflect</span> the relief and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">encompass</span> all the recent groans and pains, but there <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">isn't</span> . The rock keeps rolling people want us to be there the service and the officers adapt to what the public wants us to do. Each and every day officers up and down the country <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">excel</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">themselves</span> and are proud of what they do. Long may it last.<br /><br />So , time to go have some beers and relax and plan the next stage of taking of the world.<br /><br />( Five years from probationer to passing part 1 exam... not bad for a thicko like me )thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-61839477413765347092009-04-18T08:54:00.003+01:002009-04-18T18:02:53.269+01:00Exam results<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SemHdXW-bsI/AAAAAAAAAM0/N8IA810SgQs/s1600-h/Delayed.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SemHdXW-bsI/AAAAAAAAAM0/N8IA810SgQs/s200/Delayed.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325936972898660034" border="0" /></a>Hi,<br />Still waiting for the <a href="http://www.npia.police.uk/en/6703.htm">OSPRE </a>exam results,<br /><br /><br />How long does it take to pass a computer readable multi guess checkbox form into a reader and get a sodding result ?<br /><br />Oh well, here is hoping that even if its a scrap pass, its still a pass !thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-47290383196398131282008-10-25T09:53:00.002+01:002008-10-25T09:54:56.438+01:00See you all after March 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SQLekUppzWI/AAAAAAAAAI0/UyLz7lHVgBc/s1600-h/exam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SQLekUppzWI/AAAAAAAAAI0/UyLz7lHVgBc/s200/exam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261012030322232674" border="0" /></a>head down, hours to be put in , books to be read , mocks to be done, audio <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cds</span> listened to .. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">later all</span><br /></div>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-13051121717821622772008-10-07T18:21:00.003+01:002008-10-07T18:29:28.859+01:00Sorry still a little bit racist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SOubNqal5uI/AAAAAAAAAIs/UjTIYI62yh0/s1600-h/racism-fist-large.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SOubNqal5uI/AAAAAAAAAIs/UjTIYI62yh0/s200/racism-fist-large.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254464049284245218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Would love to post a lot about the goings on recently but apparently I am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">racist</span> , explains why I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cancelled</span> my membership to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">BPA</span></span> , they no longer speak for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BME</span></span> element in the met and have there own agenda.<br /><br />Should we have these quasi <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">organisations</span> anymore , are we not all police officers first ?<br /><br />Is it time that all the " police <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">associations</span> " just be kicked to touch and we get back to just doing the job at hand ..<br /><br /><br />I have not seen , heard witnessed or been a victim of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">racism</span> while employed by the met police , what am I doing wrong , I have been a victim of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">racism</span> while working on the streets my members of the public ... but they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">don't</span> count as I arrest them and send em to court, just like what I would do *IF* it happened at work...thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-11034957458881297582008-09-26T08:19:00.003+01:002008-09-26T08:22:05.452+01:00Stockwell Inquest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SNyNhPCSFxI/AAAAAAAAAIk/Ui3vA5KZ6m4/s1600-h/jp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SNyNhPCSFxI/AAAAAAAAAIk/Ui3vA5KZ6m4/s200/jp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250226867718461202" border="0" /></a><br />After getting it in the neck for the last few days from stupid people can I point the following out<br /><br /><br /><blockquote><br />Inquests do not establish if anyone was at fault or to blame for deaths - instead, they try to find out (and record) who the deceased was, how, when and where the deceased came by his or her death and the particulars needed for registration of the death.<br /><br />Matters of blame or fault can only be pursued in separate civil or criminal proceedings.<br /><br />The coroner may report the facts to an appropriate authority which may have power to prevent similar fatalities in future, but he or she cannot make recommendations or compel the authority to do anything.</blockquote>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-1842729371716793992008-09-13T08:01:00.005+01:002008-09-13T08:05:30.735+01:00Government proposes scrapping the PNB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SMtl0JREg3I/AAAAAAAAAIc/yCAc8QNGiNI/s1600-h/evil_smith.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SMtl0JREg3I/AAAAAAAAAIc/yCAc8QNGiNI/s200/evil_smith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245398137518195570" border="0" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"I am sorry but your protection officers have buggered off "<br /></div><br /><blockquote>THE way decisions on police officer pay, allowances, working time and benefits are made is set to be radically overhauled after the Government proposed scrapping the Police Negotiating Board. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that a pay review body should be set up to make crucial decisions about all UK police officers' remuneration </blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.policereview.com/public/jprcom/index.html">http://www.policereview.com/public/jprcom/index.html</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-44905802048786676452008-08-07T00:37:00.001+01:002008-08-07T00:40:31.321+01:00Gun crime ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SJo2BUTl32I/AAAAAAAAAIU/cC0ZScJsWgY/s1600-h/guns.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SJo2BUTl32I/AAAAAAAAAIU/cC0ZScJsWgY/s320/guns.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231553313402904418" border="0" /></a><br />While every body is blathering on about knife crime , it seems that gun crime has taken a back seat.<br /><br />It will not be long before its news again, the thing about knifes is that you have to be close to your victim, guns kill at range ( well... depends on if they play the xbox or not )<br /><br />After all , since every child matters it appears every round now has to count..thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-19608625497026417362008-07-10T15:00:00.006+01:002008-07-10T15:19:03.548+01:00rohm and haas Coupons squawk box becky quickI thought I might have some thing big and clever to say upon my return, but I haven't. I returned last week to an office with even less staff than I left with, with no prospect of having it ever back to full strength, I see even less prospect of anything moving forward.<br /><br />The office and division is fixated on "Threats to kill" and "Threats to life" rather than any government targets , like drugs , guns or knife crime - I feel like I should be cutting out Coupons to go shopping with in order to get fed this week as there is a freeze on "overtime" ... is the budget all ready gone ? if so, on what ? Clearly it wasn't on pay or better conditions or even tackling crime in the area.<br /><br />Two months away and I can easily see whats at fault.<br /><br />It is us.<br /><br />We willingly do what we should not and with some kind of weird pride step up to the line to do a job no sane person would do given the choice.<br /><br />We make the job work.<br /><br />Why ?<br /><br />The government doesn't respect us , but then we don't do what we do for them.<br /><br />We do it for the people who's voices are trampled out by the jackboot of the loudest complainer.<br /><br />Its like watching Rohm and Haas stock selling for silly money<br /><br />(* lets see who can out rate who )<br /><br />Maybe I should look else where , Whats the weather like in <a href="http://coppersblog.blogspot.com/">Canada ?</a>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-88038030241454281502008-07-08T19:41:00.002+01:002008-12-10T11:41:10.410+00:00Is this thing still on ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SHO1S2CXfbI/AAAAAAAAAIM/mlPbcBJ9oT0/s1600-h/met.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 170px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/SHO1S2CXfbI/AAAAAAAAAIM/mlPbcBJ9oT0/s320/met.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220715728400252338" border="0" /></a><br />* Hello is this thing still on ?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />oh , good job the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7486612.stm">MP's got the award isnt it</a> , dangerous job that.<br />I wonder whats next year going to be ?<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_%281984%E2%80%931985%29"> a lump of coal ?</a>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-15315069278809913182008-04-09T15:05:00.001+01:002008-12-10T11:41:10.610+00:00Fin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R_zNPPe-rrI/AAAAAAAAAIE/CAFJj4h-PBQ/s1600-h/nsw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R_zNPPe-rrI/AAAAAAAAAIE/CAFJj4h-PBQ/s320/nsw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187246532562169522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">nice, fin - toodle pips<br /></div>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-76508794426728319362008-03-12T06:33:00.004+00:002008-12-10T11:41:10.908+00:00With Sympathy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R9mG0UhPCNI/AAAAAAAAAH8/HvEu-elDVyo/s1600-h/munro.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R9mG0UhPCNI/AAAAAAAAAH8/HvEu-elDVyo/s320/munro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177317480058521810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R9d5gUhPCMI/AAAAAAAAAH0/NDOKt1l2kR4/s1600-h/cc-michael-todd-21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R9d5gUhPCMI/AAAAAAAAAH0/NDOKt1l2kR4/s320/cc-michael-todd-21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176739892856555714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Thoughts</span> and prayers go out to the families of both officers at this time.<br /><br /><br />Only they know the truth.thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-50169998957137202892008-03-06T08:36:00.005+00:002008-12-10T11:41:11.216+00:00Hi America !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R8-tL3FTIhI/AAAAAAAAAHs/w3NPOnRLGI8/s1600-h/usa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R8-tL3FTIhI/AAAAAAAAAHs/w3NPOnRLGI8/s320/usa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174544916148331026" border="0" /></a> A big hello , to my readers from the<br /><a href="http://www.uscis.gov/">U.s. Immigration And Naturalization Service,</a><br /><a href="http://www.senate.gov/">The US Senate, and<br /></a><a href="http://www.va.gov/"> Department Of Veterans Affairs,<br /></a><br />I like <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">America</span> honest !<br /><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Paranoid</span> .. me ?thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-25371466641882051952008-03-06T08:02:00.003+00:002008-12-10T11:41:11.364+00:00Oh the strain.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R8-lknFTIgI/AAAAAAAAAHk/XljgBnkd8kE/s1600-h/strain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R8-lknFTIgI/AAAAAAAAAHk/XljgBnkd8kE/s320/strain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174536545257071106" border="0" /></a><br />As a newly "qualified' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">techo</span> , I laughed when I read this at the breakfast table.<br /><br />There has been many a night duty when I was on my own dealing with stranger rapes, murder scenes and serious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">GBH</span> and robberies , yes I was a trainee detective but at the time I was also a <a href="http://pcbloggs.blogspot.com/">substantive constable</a> , does making me a trainee detective mean I forget all my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">coppering</span> skills ? Do I suddenly forget the law and what to do ?<br /><br />No of course not. Do all my managers and <a href="http://policelockerroom.blogspot.com/">supervisors</a> then all disappear ? No they do not , all reachable on the phone , radio and there are contact desks' , <a href="http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com/">uniformed inspectors </a> with decades of experience are all at hand. Investigations are not haphazard affairs, there are investigation plans, reviews and are subjected to supervision on a regular basis by supervisors and crime management units (*cough)<br /><br />But don't worry while I am working hard away don't forget we have the <a href="http://www.policecommunitysupportofficer.blogspot.com/">eyes and ears</a> looking out for you on the streets'<br /><br />I cannot speak for all detectives work load I can only refer to my own , I have at any one time 20 + investigations ongoing, they will range from fraud offences to serious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">GBH's</span>. Working an allocated 40 hour week, I also have to deal during the week with arrests that come from the general police teams that make an arrest that fall into the CID remit. ( what ever home office target is this month) be that theft of motor vehicles, burglary's or theft of a pedal cycle !<br /><br />I worked that out as given each of my 20 crimes just 1 hour a week would count for half my weeks shift leaving 10 hours to deal with just one prisoner is arrested,<br />Do you really believe an entire borough workforce would make just one serious crime arrest a week ? Well no. I would deal with about 2 arrests a day on top of my workload the average time I have worked out is 15 hours to deal with a serious crime where an arrest has been made before putting the case to the <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/">CPS </a>a disposal decision.<br /><br />Anyone care to work out the math how much time that gives me to investigate your crime ?<br />That's why CID investigations take months, its not perfect but I get results.thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-70501433110213679312008-02-20T10:59:00.002+00:002008-12-10T11:41:11.474+00:00A couple of weeks ago..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R7wJZ7R77wI/AAAAAAAAAHc/2S6cgFA2_yo/s1600-h/nsy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R7wJZ7R77wI/AAAAAAAAAHc/2S6cgFA2_yo/s320/nsy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169016813328789250" border="0" /></a>" Ah TDC TBL step in to my office”, remarked the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifeonmars/characters/gene.shtml">DCI</a>, (oh shit what now)<br />I thought as I cast my mind back on the last 72 hours (The time frame for how long something is important to the DCI for).<br /><br />He then starts to make small talk, how I am, how is life, my workload and other non committal stuff, he is starting to make me edgy by this banter. I wait for the "just one more thing before you go ... " remark.<br /><br />"Sign this would you please?" he toss's over across the desk a familiar looking orange docket that bears my name, it comes to a stop at my hand.<br /><br />Glancing sideways I look for the hidden <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorate_of_Professional_Standards">DPS </a>spook, nope none in sight, a trickle of sweat drips down my back winding its way to my underwear, which I suspect is going to be full soon.<br /><br />But no.. As I open the docket I see a magical phrase " Detective constable TBL ".<br /><br />It’s done! I am signed off. I am now a proper 'techo.<br /><br />Time to put the feet up, large it up, read the paper and shout at the lids!<br /><br />(* Above remark is flippant)<br /><br />oh and now I owe the DCI a very large and expensive drink at the next office "meeting".thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-55806029267674695422008-02-07T08:53:00.001+00:002008-02-07T09:08:21.469+00:00Missing the point<blockquote> Civilian staff can perform many duties better than police officers, a review by Sir Ronnie Flanagan claims.<br /></blockquote><br /><br />What duties would these be Ronnie ?<br /><br />Doing case papers? ... That get lost at court.<br />Administration ? ... Meaning we have to fill out a book to get a shirt or a pen.<br />Front desk? ... Giving wrong legal information to the pubic<br />Taking statements? … That don’t contain even the points to prove let alone make sense.<br /><br />Or perhaps the eyes and ears as CSO's ...<br /><br />Watching kids drown and locking them self’s in a room when a 13 year old shouts at them<br /><br /><br />No Ronnie, what’s needed is fair pay and free reign to get back to doing what we do best, catching criminals and putting them to court.<br /><br />What’s failed is the court, putting the criminals away.<br /><br />That’s what the public despair about.<br /><br />Why is that ?<br /><br />Oh right, lack of prison space, because officers are catching so manythinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-18858922697107325722008-01-24T17:40:00.000+00:002008-12-10T11:41:11.835+00:00Jacki Smith found guilty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R5jOTfrLPxI/AAAAAAAAAHE/jKT9UX6xaV8/s1600-h/P7060542.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 193px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R5jOTfrLPxI/AAAAAAAAAHE/jKT9UX6xaV8/s320/P7060542.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159100207468330770" border="0" /></a>Catchy title, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hopefully</span> not to far from the truth,<br />While my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">colleagues</span> were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">swanning</span> about in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">London</span> causing a riot and a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nuisance</span> , the rest of us were on duty and some of us were stuck in court.<br /><br />Despite to say I got someone to "borrow" a white baseball cap for me that I will sell on ebay for my £ 250 .<br /><br />Sorted.<br /><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article722953.ece"><br />Oh and one for this old boy ! Quality</a>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-22163181265366071792008-01-14T07:20:00.001+00:002008-01-14T07:20:43.076+00:00One for fellow bikers<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i4Gqmfa7qog&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i4Gqmfa7qog&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></div>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-64075542983177306632008-01-09T18:31:00.000+00:002008-12-10T11:41:11.994+00:00'You'll get your old job back!'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R4UUIsPxkVI/AAAAAAAAAG8/R3vm1eanGi4/s1600-h/Rally+poster+11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R4UUIsPxkVI/AAAAAAAAAG8/R3vm1eanGi4/s320/Rally+poster+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153547488144232786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> When the fighting was at its fiercest</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> And everything looked black</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> This was the promise that cheered us on</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 'You'll get your old job back!'<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-59310287482977113982008-01-01T10:34:00.000+00:002008-01-01T10:36:51.867+00:00Lets start the New Year with a BangBest <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">wishes</span> and a speedy recovery for <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7166063.stm">PC <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Katie</span> JOHNSON</a><br /><br />As we push in to 2008, how many more incidents like this I wonder ?thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-74123233259191929922007-12-20T18:10:00.000+00:002008-12-10T11:41:12.022+00:00Dear Santa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R2qwlEWymLI/AAAAAAAAAG0/2IaZlADWkhw/s1600-h/evil+santa%21%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/R2qwlEWymLI/AAAAAAAAAG0/2IaZlADWkhw/s200/evil+santa%21%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146119675095193778" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dear Santa,<br />Can I have a pay deal that does not suck<br />SPP Payment in my role<br />Less paperwork<br />A Safer London..<br /><br /><br /><br />Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year All !<br /><br /><br /></div>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-71064109685797087772007-12-06T17:25:00.000+00:002007-12-06T17:27:23.215+00:001.9% theftI was going to post but I cannot be bothered now, overworked , unpaied and undervalued.<br /><br /><br /><br />No change going spare then ...<br /><br /><br />Maybe I should have a job credit cardthinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-57196544495688998572007-11-11T17:43:00.001+00:002007-11-11T17:43:30.365+00:00Lest we forget our own.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.policememorial.org.uk/">http://www.policememorial.org.uk/</a><br /></div>thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900967.post-40728391949488560802007-11-09T18:18:00.001+00:002008-12-10T11:41:12.182+00:00The message..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/RzSkhO6McPI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/yEbyRwlKhGs/s1600-h/grim+reaper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FNvYf52lNEQ/RzSkhO6McPI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/yEbyRwlKhGs/s200/grim+reaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130906766326657266" border="0" /></a>It took me ages to find a related photo ( that wasn't tasteless as I feel )<br /><br />Delivering a Death message is a call, that returns you back to earth with a thump in this job, like a quite a lot of the work in fact.<br /><br />I recall having a whole day about this in Hendon, and also found when ever I have had call to be the one knocking on the door, each and every time I have called on the job related number on "Delivering a death message"<br /><br />Its a shame we are not measured on this "preformance" indicator<br /><br />-Tbl.thinbluelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918980959003539016noreply@blogger.com2