Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2007 | 19 Comments »
A few of us were sitting around in the pub last week trying to remember the most ridiculous example of ‘management nonsense’ from our various training & admin departments.
My own personal favourite was the email sent to all staff about five years ago, shortly after the advent of our new ‘all singing all dancing’ email [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2007 | 19 Comments »
Oh what a game this Performance Management nonsense is turning out to be.
I have been criticised because my Section has seen a drop in the number of Public Order arrests last month. Clearly, this is because we were following the instructions of the Senior Management Team to stop arresting for POA offences and have been locking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2007 | 25 Comments »
This whole Blog thing can be a bizarre business.
You may be surprised to learn that this site has been listed at Number 35 on the favoured Blog list of an American internet knitting circle.
I feel that we have truly ‘arrived’. Is this the start of a new British Invasion? and what do we have to do to get [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2007 | 22 Comments »
I am standing by the entrance to Accident & Emergency. The Sergeant is telling me about another tragedy. I am here to make sure that policy has been followed. He may not remember or think about some finer point because he’s busy.
We could loose the job if we miss a witness, forget continuity of evidence [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Right folks, we have all had our say about this case. There are strong feelings on both sides. The common ground is our concern and good wishes for the victim. I feel this for every innocent victim, no matter what their occupation.
Bystander, the Magistrate, has given us a comprehensive look at the actual judgement in the comments [...]
