tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post2932603358061107855..comments2024-03-15T08:05:28.706+00:00Comments on The Sleeping Policeman: A Former Police Officer's Blog: Tom Winsor HMCIC?Lex Ferendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-43352431748563848442012-06-08T04:35:10.186+01:002012-06-08T04:35:10.186+01:00If Tom Winsor wants to save money he should seriou...If Tom Winsor wants to save money he should seriously consider reducing his £200000 Salary by the same percentage as he has done to the New Constables as well as ensuring he also works to the age of 60..Craig Portman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-56125267827662457132012-05-24T20:22:28.345+01:002012-05-24T20:22:28.345+01:00Excellent blog.
I met a war veteran who wants to ...Excellent blog. <br />I met a war veteran who wants to join the private police. He expressed willingness to drag people out of their beds and kill them on orders from spooks.<br />I think you are seriously understating the dangers.Kesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221964320994204204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-41817000970083724362012-05-23T21:00:30.054+01:002012-05-23T21:00:30.054+01:00Heh, I'm more the 'why can't everyone ...Heh, I'm more the 'why can't everyone just get along?' sort of hippy.<br /><br />My local MP is Paul Burstow, who thinks he knows better than every professional in the Health service, so I don't hold much hope from him. I voted for that bugger last time =/ Sorry. It won't happen again.<br /><br />I'll see what I can do, anyway. Good luck everyone. Nice blog btw, you seem pretty sane.MetalDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01539730700058648848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-11531572977198979262012-05-23T20:14:55.242+01:002012-05-23T20:14:55.242+01:00"A chain smoking alcoholic, an unreliable wit..."A chain smoking alcoholic, an unreliable witness" The Untouchables. Gillard & Flynn, 2012, Bloomsbury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-52251405561050062782012-05-23T19:42:39.372+01:002012-05-23T19:42:39.372+01:00Yeah, whats wrong with people what can read and wr...Yeah, whats wrong with people what can read and write proper? Up yours Ciaran!Learned Councilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-40392411430755465572012-05-23T19:40:56.832+01:002012-05-23T19:40:56.832+01:00Metaldog - haven't got a problem with hippy ty...Metaldog - haven't got a problem with hippy types generally, just the ones that think they have a right to live off the state/taxpayer and think the law shouldn't apply to them.<br />The public at large should be hugely concerned about the future of policing. The politicians aren't listening to the police. They will listen if a significant number of voters start making their views known. <br />You can start by writing to your MP or better still visiting them at their local surgery. You can write to the media. You can even organise lawful protests against the proposals.<br />I am pleased to hear some people are waking up to the future of policing in this country.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-69124637422116917332012-05-23T14:00:35.883+01:002012-05-23T14:00:35.883+01:00I'm probably one of those hippy types you guys...I'm probably one of those hippy types you guys don't think much of - but the whole lurking G4S thing scares the shit out of me.<br /><br />What can regular civilians do to help the police fend privatisation off? If I get into trouble either as a victim or an occasional protester, I want to deal you you guys, not a private company with a few ministers in their back pocket.MetalDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01539730700058648848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-31502172609030150452012-05-23T10:39:46.464+01:002012-05-23T10:39:46.464+01:00What do you have against poor Mr Winsor? He asks t...What do you have against poor Mr Winsor? He asks that you work instead of beating the crap out of hippies and tells you (like the lovely Theresa May) that the good times are over. You remind me of lawyers in POW camps, always looking for a "special pleading". What is wrong with high ranking police that can actually read and write? Such bleating! Man Up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-67134477112647996242012-05-22T22:38:35.546+01:002012-05-22T22:38:35.546+01:00"You scratch my back"....springs to mind..."You scratch my back"....springs to mind.<br />JadedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-13064238681044336692012-05-22T21:44:05.073+01:002012-05-22T21:44:05.073+01:00melv, vision with hindsight is always so much clea...melv, vision with hindsight is always so much clearer, of course.<br />Sheehy has partly been implemented already and Winsor simply takes it to another level beyond that.<br /><br />I don't accept the view of critics that say the police service is failing. I still believe the current police service is effective. The problem is the rest of the justice system almost completely fails to protect the public from persistent offenders. Bail, sentencing, rehabilitation, none of that is working. Irresponsible parenting, appalling education Etc. Doesn't help. You cannot blame the police for the whole of society's ills.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-75411202136386177292012-05-22T21:29:42.200+01:002012-05-22T21:29:42.200+01:00I've never met the man, but just looking at hi...I've never met the man, but just looking at him, he looks like a pencil head desk driving asshole.CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-40628879088301381932012-05-22T20:41:48.489+01:002012-05-22T20:41:48.489+01:00He seems a logical choice so his appointment could...He seems a logical choice so his appointment could surprise nobody, lex. <br /><br />Back in 2009, some of us could see two possible courses that policing could take in the near future. At the time, it seemed we were heading for an inevitable large scale cull or write-off. We were derided on police blogs as crazy 'apocalypse forecasters' because ordinary police minds refused to acknowledge the possibility of either event. <br /><br />"What the f*** do you know about f****** police work...etc, etc." The biggest critics of a failing police service, still have their minds on a fresh start rather than more of the piecemeal reforms which account for most of the potted history of UK policing. <br /><br />Now, all the big political hitters require is a clear vision of how things will be.Dr MTGnoreply@blogger.com