Nobody told me there’d be days like this…
Disclosure schemes are being trialled allowing applicants to check their partner’s past for violence, how might they help address the issue of domestic abuse? This week in the news there have been calls to expand a pilot of a scheme under which applicants could be given advanced warning of their partner’s violent past. The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, […]
Working from seven to eleven every night…
Unpredictability is pretty much the only thing about police work that can be predicted with any certainty. Even the simplest ambitions for a shift get thrown out the window when you walk into the station and get told ‘such and such has happened, kit up and get on the carrier’. Such was the case this […]
I make mistakes that I learn from ’cause I’m young…
A quick post this and one I’ll start by stating firstly that I think Ann Barnes has rightly condemned Paris Brown’s tweets as being ‘silly’ and ‘offensive’, secondly I’ll add that I’d not usually go for Tulisa lyrics for my blog titles but in this case, it’s appropriate… As you’ve likely seen in the news […]
Words they meant nothing, so you can’t hurt me…
Hello there, stupid. Concord called – it would like its nose back please. Feeling a little insulted? Perhaps and if you are, allow me to apologise – I am usually an exceptionally polite officer. Were I not to be so polite though, should I be thrown in the gaol for causing insult? Should it say […]
Communications breakdown
“With half a billion tweets being sent daily, the DPP’s advice is a timely reminder that if we don’t try and tailor the law to circumstance then the consequence can be that it is quickly rendered unsuitable for protecting the public it is designed to serve.” PC Richard Stanley reflects on new guidance for prosecutors from Keir Starmer QC on misuse of social media.