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@WeCops on Leadership – a summary
This Wednesday we held a discussion on leadership in policing. The questions that were posed were as follows: 1) Will the reduction in ranks in policing be positive or negative? Why? 2) How can the...
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On the EQF – Mythbuster 2
I’ve kept out of the debate on the EQF over the preceding days. I tried last time around to have some discussion, but by and large, emotion is running high and where emotions are involved it’s...
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Braveheart Leadership: “Freedom” or shackle?
I’ve been working in the police leadership arena for several years now. It’s been an interesting time, and mixed in with several jobs at the College of Policing and now HMIC. I’ve had the privilege to...
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Direct Entry
This is difficult for me to write. I know that many officers will read this and feel angry. If you mention direct entry (DE from here on in), there is an automatic and visceral dislike that shows...
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Resetting diversity
Always one to dip my toes into controversial waters, this blog may read as quite challenging for some. It isn’t my aim to muddy those waters, or throw controversy out there and stoke the rhetoric, this...
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Reflections of a police officer first year PhD student
As I head towards my first end of year review in my PhD, I felt the need to share what I had learned so far on twitter. The thread gathered some interactions and drew out some great comments and DM’s,...
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The squeezed middle
Over the last few years, there has been reams of discussion on Twitter and of inside policing about how the Job is becoming more and more unpalatable. I could use the acronym #TJF (the job’s ******) or...
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Austerity and trauma in policing
On Wednesday, we hosted a @WeCops chat on how austerity had affected policing. We set the questions looking at how it was affecting the service, the organisation and finally, the police officers and...
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The art of the policing possible – Technology
I thought I would write this blog after watching the discussions of the past few months. Not without good reason, the stories surrounding and involving policing have been quite negative, with...
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Criminology and Policing – meeting in the middle
I’m writing this blog after being lucky enough to attend the British Society of Criminology (BSC) annual conference at Birmingham City University. Before the usual eye rolls about conference...
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