tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post628468004000266485..comments2024-03-15T08:05:28.706+00:00Comments on The Sleeping Policeman: A Former Police Officer's Blog: Questions For the New Met CommissionerLex Ferendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-21963152833533668472011-09-16T09:12:15.663+01:002011-09-16T09:12:15.663+01:00'This must be your first ever humble opinion.&...'This must be your first ever humble opinion.'<br /><br />Try it, lex. It's like moving up a gear to catch a fit cyclist, only for the chain to fall off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-29038129984659560942011-09-15T22:53:26.671+01:002011-09-15T22:53:26.671+01:00Melvyn, I do believe you are mellowing in your old...Melvyn, I do believe you are mellowing in your old age. This must be your first ever humble opinion.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-6261525569963531712011-09-15T21:02:00.203+01:002011-09-15T21:02:00.203+01:00Blogging is an addictive vanity leading to the sel...Blogging is an addictive vanity leading to the self indulgence of which you speak, lex. <br /><br />IMHO, confessions are better read than written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-31387825440117181422011-09-15T20:16:03.180+01:002011-09-15T20:16:03.180+01:00Have you written an autobiography Melvyn?Have you written an autobiography Melvyn?Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-27706238919454941902011-09-14T19:46:17.473+01:002011-09-14T19:46:17.473+01:00Such unmerited flattery for a man who cherishes th...Such unmerited flattery for a man who cherishes those simple heart warming moments, relaxing by an open fire with ALL the day's fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-61517398881754819442011-09-14T09:58:55.325+01:002011-09-14T09:58:55.325+01:00Melvyn, I hope a man of your obvious intellectual ...Melvyn, I hope a man of your obvious intellectual calibre is not being unduly influenced by Government spin designed to gain public support for cuts and changes to the police.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-21229404588935075312011-09-14T07:35:21.884+01:002011-09-14T07:35:21.884+01:00"I have to agree with Gadget, her analysis is..."I have to agree with Gadget, her analysis is pretty accurate."<br /><br />Bravo. And should Gadget's inevitable outing unmask a civilian worker, you could mitigate the embarrassment by claiming to have remained uninfluenced by any of those 'lazy, stupid police officers' the Times and other tabloids are now describing as the ruination of law enforcement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-55030689681481250802011-09-13T22:34:00.779+01:002011-09-13T22:34:00.779+01:00I had a conversation with my Chief Constable today...I had a conversation with my Chief Constable today. He claims that the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Home Office wanted Sir Hugh Orde given the job of Commissioner but Teresa May overuled them all and had Bernard appointed.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-56228550787965976532011-09-13T22:30:37.948+01:002011-09-13T22:30:37.948+01:00Melvyn - I am pleased to hear that you read the po...Melvyn - I am pleased to hear that you read the post. I have to agree with Gadget, her analysis is pretty accurate.<br />You have taken my comment out of context. I said it is 'senior police officers are frightened to arrest him.' It is senior police officers who will have made the decision not to investigate this offence.<br />You appear to have a prejudiced view of McIntyre. I suspect you may need to attend a police diversity course. McIntyre made many allegations and was proven to be a liar. On appeal the IPCC decided that one officer, who removed McIntyre from the risk of injury by charging police horses, may have been guilty of common assault. The officer will not be prosecuted.<br />Are you suggesting that as a wheelchair user McIntyre should be treated differently from anyone else? Does equality not mean an offence committed by a wheelchair user is still an offence.<br />I prefer jive to tnago. You can observe me tripping the light fantastic at a Ceroc venue somewhere in the South East, most weekends.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-91274793020476679212011-09-13T16:12:51.974+01:002011-09-13T16:12:51.974+01:00Gadget once claimed of my comments "they are ...Gadget once claimed of my comments "they are as hard to follow as the ramblings of a madman" - which I hope was at least a soupçon less accurate than the 'infamous' self derision. Nevertheless, I can confirm that this madman observes the courtesy of reading posts prior to commenting and will resist temptations to digress, lex. <br /><br />Your post maintained that "...police officers are frightened to arrest him (JM)." <br />You will correct me if I am wrong but I assume you refer to Mr McIntyre of wheelchair-bound fame, an individual who is alleged to pose a threat to armed police officers...you know, the one with cerebral palsy who was first beaten by policemen and in a separate incident, dragged from his wheelchair in full view of the World in a Met action calculated to agitate and provoke protestors at the scene. <br /><br />FOI request? The best of luck with that one. Do exercise the caution of using a very distant third party and please avoid tango shoes/moves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-41238823729680041332011-09-13T13:57:07.974+01:002011-09-13T13:57:07.974+01:00Melvyn, did you read the post? The Commissioner wa...Melvyn, did you read the post? The Commissioner was just an excuse to ask what the hell is happening about arresting Jody McIntyre. Stupid kids get arrested for the same offence and get four years. McIntyre being a pathetic, left wing, bigoted, idiot may escape justice as senior police officers are frightened to arrest him. A disabled left wing agitator will cause too much adverse publicity it seems.<br />Re funding the funeral, I am pretty sure that the Met did not fund any of it. I suspect drug money did. I have put in an FOI request and we will see what the result is.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-37218011695054206602011-09-13T11:19:37.496+01:002011-09-13T11:19:37.496+01:00In a different context, but I rather like the sent...In a different context, but I rather like the sentiment:<br /><br />`The people with one voice would say: “You have committed every crime under the sun. Where you have been the least resisted there you have been the most brutal. It was you who began the indiscriminate bombing. We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst – and we will do our best.”`<br />(Winston, of course)Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-43735967525723450472011-09-13T09:49:01.045+01:002011-09-13T09:49:01.045+01:00JuliaM - he was liked by the front line officers, ...JuliaM - he was liked by the front line officers, which is usually a good sign. I am not suggesting he turned Liverpool into Utopia, there is still much to be done. His policing strategy was Total War on Crime and Total Care for Victims. These cheesy strategic straplines are not something I take much notice of but at least these support what the police should be about rather than all the usual crud about 'community' or 'diversity.'<br />He cut large numbers of back room staff and put more officers out on the front line. This shows where his focus is and should be applauded.<br />Stats show that he reduced crime by 30% during his five years in Merseyside. Now stats can be manipulated but supporting this Merseyside had the second highest criminal asset recovery seizures. The Met being the highest. This suggests his focus on organised crime. He also set up the Matrix Unit to tackle gun crime in the city.<br />I could go on, but I hope he brings his focus of frontline policing, prevention and enforcement and reduces the back room functions which are often a hindrance rather than assistance to the front line.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-13143992367568756022011-09-13T09:32:03.954+01:002011-09-13T09:32:03.954+01:00Dear lex,
Aaahh a new Commissioner (yawn). You tra...Dear lex,<br />Aaahh a new Commissioner (yawn). You traced the other rumour back to Anna Raccoon but is there anything solid as yet, if you please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-25676603300543399832011-09-13T06:38:52.854+01:002011-09-13T06:38:52.854+01:00"Taking on criminals and gangs is his focus a...<i>"Taking on criminals and gangs is his focus and we should applaud much of what he achieved in Liverpool."</i><br /><br />Just what DID he achieve? I mean, I read the 'Liverpool Echo' and there seems just as much gang-related nastiness there as ever.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com