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Archive for September, 2007

Shut Up And Drive

Today’s main task - attempting to get some interest from a Mental Health Assessment Team. Definition: two approved social workers and a psychiatrist. There is a disturbed, violent and suicidal teenager. Her mother is a decent, caring and completely broken woman.
The hard eyes of the social-workers barely disguise a laziness and lack of compassion that is bordering on the criminal. They [...]

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A Bridge Over Troubled Water

 I hope that the author of this comment on Whichendbites will forgive me for posting this here.
“Police officer for 14 yrs. 6 years ago got a ‘failure’ police dog for my parents. ( Not aggressive enough……the dog, not my parents!) Jake, white GSD, huge, boneheaded, soft, aggressive when required. Guarded my baby boys when they were [...]

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Heaven’s Garden

You may like to read this moving tribute by blogging dog handler, “Which End Bites”.

Whichend has not posted since 4th September, ‘a welfare check’ is needed. Please encourage him to come back with comments on his site, and let him know you came from here if you want.
(Canteen Culture dictates that male police officers are allowed to be [...]

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Blood Red Shoes

Monday morning.
The Senior Management Team will pad softly with their hands full of paper and mugs of filter coffee towards the meeting room on the third floor.
The air-conditioning or the heating will be on, depending upon the circumstances.
They will relax into their chairs, safe after the rigours of the trip to the lift from their [...]

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Hot Spots and Foolishness

Heard of Anti Social Behaviour? or ASB as we call it at the moment?
An ASB Hot Spot is NOT a place where there is a lot of ASB.
It is a place where loads of people phone the police and SAY there is a lot of ASB, or ONE person phones the police loads of times [...]

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