Criminals Insist On Being Naughty SHOCK!

In a display of complete and utter shock today, the public learned that criminals, liars and thieves…… commit crime, tell lies and steal! This is the kind of story The Police Inspector Blog was made for.

And then, to complete gasps of horror, if they have been released from prison early for committing crimes, telling lies and stealing, actually RUN AWAY rather than go back to prison!

Too add to the horror of it all, we then learned that the overburdened police (who successfully locked them up in the first place) are too busy to rush about looking for them all over again!

Maybe we just think it’s not worth it.

Some of the criminals released early, who then run away when they breach their licence, actually murdered people. And then we are surprised when they run away.

But hold on! I thought prison didn’t work? So why run away?

One thing I do know is that every time we see on the briefing that a particular dangerous and violent prisoner has been recalled to prison we think:

1. Why the hell is he out already? He was only sent away a few months ago!

2. Who decided he should be released? Does that person live in the same street? I think not.

3. What does the previous victim think?

4. Stop everything we had planned to do this shift while we rush about looking for him (again).

Contrary to popular belief, we do not live in a police state and it can be a devil to find someone again if they really do not want to be found. We actually usually rely upon the fact that most of them are creatures of habit/ too stupid to hide properly/ too easily ‘grassed’ by their so-called mates for a bit of cash.

There is absolutely no point in allowing prisoners to be released early and then being bewildered when they go on to commit more crime and run away to avoid going back inside.

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OK, so I made that title up to increase the site hit rate. What can I tell you. As a modern Police manager, my only interest is statistics. It matters not that these figures will have nothing whatever to do with the content of the site. It is the figures themselves which matter.

Speaking of which; if you want to know what is really going on, follow the money. Training costs a lot of money. It also informs us what our organisation thinks is important. Here are some training facts from Ruralshire Constabulary:

Diversity Training – Five days every year.

“Detect Crime” training on our IT system – Three days.

Health & Safety (in the office) Training – Five days every two years.

Compare and contrast this with:

Officer Safety Training – One day per year.

Emergency First Aid – Half a day in my whole career to date.

Training I was given before I went into Custody for the first time – No days.

One really does not need to be a career detective to see the pattern here. They are more concerned that you might scald your finger on an untested kettle (they pay compensation) than you getting your head kicked in by some drunken, wife beating maniac (he pays compensation). It’s official. They are more worried that you might be rude to an ethnic minority person that that you can give CPR to a dying child.

Like I said; follow the money.

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Michael Jackson Police Brutality Shock

Michael raises some interesting issues about police custody in this clip.

In Ruralshire, we would have double locked the cuffs and avoided those nasty bruises. The state of the bathroom sounds bad; we woulkd have cleaned up between prisoners. Then, we would have quickly realised that Child Molestation is not a Home Office Target Crime, given him a quick Caution and sent him home.

My favourite MJ moments: Michael Jackson and Britney Spears singing The Way You Make Me Feel on stage at the MTV awards, and the Jacksons 30th Anniversary of Motown performance with all six of the brothers performing together. Fantastic.

Police Rudeness Shock

Police Officers being rude and arrogant to innocent members of the New British Citizenry is clearly wrong, and I am sorry for it.

Our Physical Training Instructor in the Army use to explain it thus:

If you ’squared up’ to the front row of the British Lions rugby team, they would pulverise you. But they would not be rude in the process.

I suppose it is more upsetting for the public when a policeman is rude (in my experience, hardly any policewomen are rude; on duty that is) because some people still think that the police are here to help. This state of affairs died in about 1997.

What, then, are the police for these days?

1. To exceed Government and ACPO targets, regardless of their relevance.

2. To “Deliver Performance” in terms of whatever silly new initiative is in fashion (currently Citizen Focus).

3. To provide a scapegoat when things go wrong, usually with people who should be in prison.

4. To provide a scapegoat when things go wrong, usually with people who should be in care.

5. To provide a scapegoat when things go wrong, usually with people who should be in hospital.

6.  To be the ONLY police force in the world (as far as I can research) who tackle bat/ knife/gun wielding maniacs without any weapons except an aluminium stick and a tin of pepper.

7. To provide a scapegoat when things go wrong, usually with people who society has never said “No” to.

8. To provide a scapegoat when things go wrong, usually with children who should be being parented.

9. To engage with partners to provide locally based, coordinated and effective responses to issues in the community.

10. To deliver effective criminal justice outcomes, working seamlessly with the CPS and the Courts.

OK, so I made up those last two just to see if you were still awake. Sorry. That was rude.