I have been hoping for months to be able to write something positive about the police service and at last it seems the time has come. The Policing Pledge was introduced last December and Forces are queuing up to announce they are all signing up to it....

" The wall is owned by a property company based in the Bahamas, Sarge. OK if I pay them a visit next week?" We must be approaching an election. Our Home Secretary, Alan Johnson has announced that he believes all victims of crime should be seen by the...

I cautioned a 17 year old lad recently. What was slightly unusual was that it was for Grievous Bodily Harm, Threatening Behaviour and resisting arrest. He had been drinking with friends in a park on a Saturday afternoon. They decided to go into town...

I was hoping the last post regarding force structures might generate some debate; unfortunately not. So let’s have a look at something more controversial. It seems to be de rigour at the moment to join the liberal call to legalise drugs. We are led...

I've been out of the blogging business since my last post 'Market Research' way back when. My colleague Inspector Lex Ferenda has done a wonderful job taking the blog further and the visitor mark past 20,000. He's doing a better job than I ever did,...