Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2008 | 47 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26, 2008 | 31 Comments »
You might like this post from a member of the public.
It is very interesting to listen to his point of view.
Please visit and leave a comment to let him know where you came from.
I think the Met Police should be happy with the story; although they still seem stretched like the rest of us.
Rialto - [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2008 | 71 Comments »
The last set of Night Duty shifts was, well, interesting.
Yet again, we fell below the (politically incorrectly named) “minimum manning levels” on three occasions in four nights. As usual, the absolute minimum number of front-line police responders has been worked out in a warm office somewhere, based upon the geographical size of F Division (big [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2008 | 47 Comments »
A few months ago we had an eventful weekend on F Division, Ruralshire Constabulary.
Like many police forces across England, we have a system whereby we act as the primary Response Team from the start of the Late Turn. Then we change over and provide the public order support for the whole Division until ’sparrows’.
In the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2008 | 93 Comments »
The last decent working family, the Jenkins, moved out of Empire Crescent in Ruraltown on Monday.
The PSU team stood around dressed in black Kevlar and Goretex. Over the years they have cultivated a ‘bored’ look. This is used to convince the locals that they are unconcerned about being outnumbered. They chew gum, lean on [...]
