Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2006 | 48 Comments »
Needless to say we are back in the game as far as cooking the books is concerned. From what I hear it’s more like roasting the books in a fan assisted oven and then serving them up with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
F Division ran ‘Operation Hopeless’ at the weekend; a centrally funded, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 2006 | 30 Comments »
I have just finished reading Wasting Police Time by PC David Copperfield. It’s a great read, just like Blood Sweat & Tea by Tom Reynolds (paramedic) it’s one of those books you can start all over again as soon as you have finished the first time round.
But the publishing of this book is far more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2006 | 23 Comments »
Last Christmas (sorry - during last year’s seasonal festivities) a woman telephoned F Division to report that a man in the queue at the local Spa had told her eight year old daughter that Father Christmas didn’t exist. She wanted him ‘done for harassment’. The call-taker had actually typed all this on a log, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Today, BBC national radio news broadcasts carried a story about an argument between Royal Marine Sergeant Stephen Brown and Lieutenant Colonel Andy Price in Afghanistan, regarding the lack of equipment.
Here is the report of an argument between a Ruralshire Constabulary Police Sergeant and me, from last Friday night.
Me ‘ no, listen, that was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2006 | 17 Comments »
I feel sorry for our Detective Chief Inspector. I assume that to have made DCI he was once a successful and experienced detective. I know that in today’s police service that is a bit of a leap in faith; he may have just kissed the right arses, who knows. But whatever his background, he came [...]
