Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | 36 Comments »
The Chief Constable of Ruralshire Constabulary has paid a secret visit to police officers on the front line in Ruraltown.
His visit to F Division lasted three hours. One Constable claims to have actually seen him over all the big hats of his entourage.
During the visit, the Chief issued a statement saying:
“I have now met all [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | 26 Comments »
People ask me why Ruralshire Constabulary no longer have a Drug Squad.
First, Drug Squads were for a time before just about every criminal was on drugs. Now you have to be a professor of Chemistry to understand the ever changing classifications and legal position of controlled drugs. Drug Squad officers were NOT professors of anything. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2008 | 44 Comments »
Has anyone else noticed the increasing number of “wanted” persons handing themselves in at the front office?
I wonder if this story has anything to do with it.
How on earth can anyone, the public or the Government, hold us accountable for crime rates when the ultimate sanction we have is seen in this way.
“Hurry up and [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2008 | 56 Comments »
All of a sudden, with no warning, we have been told that the Sanctioned Detection Rate (SDR) is no longer our sole reason for existing.
This is a shame because we have just finished spending HUGE amounts of our effort, your money, human resources, office moves, complete unit reorganisations and an uncountable number of hours arranging [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | 28 Comments »
Ruralshire Constabulary, along with most of the rest of the UK Police, have decided to adopt a new strategy to deal with criminals and crime. It’s based upon the “Let’s ignore it and hope it goes away” principle. This is similar to the “Let’s ignore it and hope nobody notices” principle.
With the exception of what [...]
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