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So what are the consequences?
You may have read about the #cutshaveconsequences campaign. If you haven’t, where have you been? It has been well publicised on social media and many are now using it to illustrate the effect upon...
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Ask the audience?
Sorry to steal mercilessly from a very well known TV quiz show, but I think the time is coming when the cop’s lifelines are running out. We’ve phoned a friend and consulted mgmt experts in other...
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Crime is falling? No, no and no.
Before I write this blog, I need to put out a few disclaimers. This is NOT a political blog and it is not a tool that should be wielded for political purposes. It is written from my experience and...
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Evidence based policing: a debate of sorts.
This is quite a hard blog to write as the subject matter is quite complicated. Evidence based policing isn’t simple, as nothing is with regards to human behaviour. The ‘based’ bit in the title is also...
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Difference, and why it’s hard in the cops today.
I have been studying diversity in the police now for quite a while, and done a lot of reading around research that aims to put the nail on the head as to why there are issues in the police. Before you...
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Change fatigue: tired for all the wrong reasons
This blog is about change, and why we need it. People in the police talk about change in the police all the time, making reference to the fact that they are suffering from change fatigue. This is a...
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Re-thinking Peel… Or should we?
As you can see, ^^^^^^ this is one of the ‘scene-setting’ blogs for the forthcoming Big Red Button project that aims to source the thoughts and feelings of the frontline, and those that the frontline...
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The Future of Diversity – it’s not about numbers
This is a Red Button Project blog and I make no apologies for it being challenging and – I hope – radical. This is not intended as an ‘attack’ on any person or structure, just an analysis on the...
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At odds and evens.
I don’t often get riled by media coverage, as it is subjective and the agenda of the writer has a big part to play in the content of the article. As long as you are aware of the stance that the writer...
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A call to arms.
This is another challenging blog, and I hope you take it in the way that I intended for it to be taken. It’s critical, but constructive, and that is what the Red Button is all about. How do we make...
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Performance Culture, so what does it look like?
This is another challenging blog, and one which – again – I make no apologies for writing. As a cop who has lived through the worst of this culture at its height, I am incredibly thankful my force...
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Demand Mgmt.: Is it the new Performance Culture?
This isn’t a Red Button blog, as it doesn’t deal with the future. It is more an examination of what we do now, and how we do it. It professes dangers and should shine a light on some cultural issues...
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Semelweis and the Police
Bear with me on these next few paragraphs, I promise they are relevant. Ignaz Semelweiss was a Hungarian physician that worked in obstetrics in the mid 19th century. For the purposes of this blog – and...
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Unfolding some rumours about the EQF…
So, I have finally – after vowing I wouldn’t – decided to come and discuss the Educational Qualification Framework (EQF) for Policing. Why should I come into the debate? Good question really. I guess...
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The EQF, Evidence and Innovation
After an interesting weekend, where the Twitter seemed to explode with a whole host of accusations towards the College of Policing, and by-proxy towards me (having previously worked there for 12...
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Breaches, breaches everywhere…
This blog is about the wider social issues affecting the cops at the moment. It explores the relationship between officers and the College of Policing, and speculates on the relationships now formed...
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Shifting foundations
Policing is undergoing changes that are shaking the very foundations of its identity. This blog is a reflection on that from my perspective, having spent some time involved in that change. It may get a...
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The (slow) march of the Millennials
This is a long one (apologies), I really need to work on my brevity :-) I know that there are individuals that don’t sit squarely within these definitions and that they represent a broad brush...
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Humility
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not be entirely with us. (Jawaharlal Nehru) I am choosing to write on this topic for many reasons, but the most prevalent has been a course I...
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The changing of the guard
This is a controversial blog. It may cause current leaders to feel uncomfortable, and I’m sorry for that as many are fantastic. Believe it or not, this is not about the quality of any leader, it is...
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